Pub. L. 94-503, tit. I, sec. 129

definitions amendments

EnactedYear: 1976Length: 223 wordsOfficial source
definitions amendments Sec. 129. (a) Section 601 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by adding at the end the following: “(p) The term ‘court of last resort’ means that State court having the highest and final appellate authority of the State. In States having two or more such courts, court of last resort shall mean that State court, if any, having highest and final appellate authority, as well as both administrative responsibility for the State’s judicial system and the institutions of the State judicial branch and rulemaking authority. 90 STAT. 2425In other States having two or more courts with highest and final appellate authority, court of last resort shall mean that highest appellate court which also has either rulemaking authority or administrative responsibility for the State’s judicial system and the institutions of the State judicial branch. Except as used in the definition of the term ‘court of last resort’, the term ‘court’ means a tribunal or judicial system having criminal or juvenile jurisdiction.”. “(q) The term ‘evaluation’ means the administration and conduct of studies and analyses to determine the impact and value of a project or program in accomplishing the statutory objectives of this title.”. (b) Section 601 (c) of such Act is amended by inserting “the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,” after “Puerto Rico,”.
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