2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §41-2201  Definitions

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Commission" means the Arizona criminal justice commission.

2. "Component information system" means an independent information system serving one or more criminal justice agencies and which may participate in the criminal justice information system.

3. "Criminal history record information" means data collected on individuals by criminal justice agencies which consists of identifiable descriptions and notations of arrests, detentions, indictments, criminal informations or other formal criminal charges and any disposition arising therefrom, including sentencing, correctional supervision and release. Criminal history record information does not mean identification information, such as fingerprint records, to the extent such information does not indicate involvement of the individual in the criminal justice system, information associated with the administrative functions or correctional treatment process of a criminal justice agency or juvenile justice information.

4. "Criminal justice agency" means any court or government agency or division of such agency which performs the administration of criminal justice pursuant to statutory authority or executive order and which allocates a substantial part of its budget to the administration of criminal justice or which performs child support enforcement services.

5. "Manager" means the criminal justice information system manager.

6. "System" means the criminal justice information system.