§ 15:772 — Definitions

§772. Definitions
As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Inmate" means a male or female offender who is committed under sentence to
or confined in a penal or correctional institution.
(2) "Institution" means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited
to a facility for persons with a mental illness or intellectual disability, in which inmates as
defined in this Section may lawfully be confined.
(3) "Receiving state" means a state party to this compact to which an inmate is sent
for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.
(4) "Sending state" means a state party to this compact in which conviction or court
commitment was had.
(5) "State" means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a
territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the commonwealth
of Puerto Rico.

Legislative History

Acts 2018, No. 440, §1.