Authorized amendment to Compact. The Governor is hereby directed to execute an amendment to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles on behalf of this state in the form substantially as follows:
This amendment provides additional remedies and is binding only on states which specifically execute a similar provision:
All provisions and procedures of Articles V and VI of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles apply to any juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of his alleged violation of any criminal law. Any such juvenile must be returned to the requesting state upon a requisition issued to the state where the juvenile may be found. A petition alleging the juvenile’s delinquency must be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in the requesting state where the violation of criminal law is alleged to have been committed. The requisition may be issued regardless of whether the juvenile left the state before or after the filing of the petition. The requisition, as described in Article V of the Compact, must be forwarded by the judge of the court in which the petition is filed.
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