Alaska Statutes 47.12.990 – Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

(1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of family and community services;

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.12.990

Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
commissioner: means the commissioner of family and community services. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
court: means the superior court of the state. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
department: means the Department of Family and Community Services. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
juvenile detention facility: means a secure facility for the detention of delinquent minors in the custody of the department under Alaska Stat. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
minor: as used in this chapter includes a person described in this section. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.022
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060

(2) “court” means the superior court of the state;

(3) “crime against a person” means an offense set out in Alaska Stat. Chapter 11.41;

(4) “delinquent minor” means a minor found to be within the jurisdiction of the court under Alaska Stat. § 47.12.020;

(5) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services;

(6) “gravely disabled” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.30.915;

(7) “juvenile detention facility” means a secure facility for the detention of delinquent minors in the custody of the department under Alaska Stat. § 47.12.240 or 47.12.250;

(8) [Repealed by 2021 amendment.]

(9) [Repealed by 2021 amendment.]

(10) “mental health professional” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.30.915, except that, if the minor is placed in another state by the department, “mental health professional” also includes a professional listed in the definition of “mental health professional” in Alaska Stat. § 47.30.915 who is not licensed to practice by a board of this state but is licensed by a corresponding licensing authority to practice in the state in which the minor is placed;

(11) “mental illness” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.30.915;

(12) “minor” means a person who is

(A) under 18 years of age at the time the person commits an offense; and

(B) subject to the jurisdiction of the court under this chapter;

(13) “peace officer” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 11.81.900;

(14) “secure residential psychiatric treatment center” has the meaning given “residential psychiatric treatment center” in Alaska Stat. § 47.32.900;

(15) [Repealed by 2021 amendment.]

(16) “victim” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 12.55.185;

(17) “juvenile probation officer” means an officer described in Alaska Stat. § 47.12.270;

(18) “juvenile treatment facility” means a secure facility for treatment of minors adjudicated delinquent and committed by a court to the care and custody of the department under Alaska Stat. § 47.12.120 (b)(1);

(19) “residential child care facility” has the meaning given in Alaska Stat. § 47.32.900;

(20) “temporary secure juvenile holding area” means separate quarters that are used for the temporary detention of delinquent minors pending a court order or transportation to a juvenile detention facility and that are not within sight or sound of any adult prisoners.

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