Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:723

  • administrator: means a person in charge of a treatment facility or his deputy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
  • 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.

The compact administrator is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreement with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to Articles VII and XI of the compact.  In the event that such supplementary agreements shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this state or require or contemplate the provision of any service by this state, no such agreement shall have force or effect until approved by the head of the division or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose division or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.  

Added by Acts 1958, No. 336, §1.  Amended by Acts 1974, No. 294, §1.