Section 582-1.5 - Amendment to compact concerning interstate rendition of juveniles alleged to be delinquentThe governor is authorized and directed to execute, with any other state or states legally joining the same, an amendment to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles in the form substantially as follows:
Amendment to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles,
Concerning Interstate Rendition of Juveniles
Alleged to be Delinquent
(1) This amendment shall provide additional remedies, and shall be binding only as among and between those party states which specifically execute same.(2) All provisions and procedures of Articles V and VI of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles shall be construed to apply to any juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of a violation of a felony. Any juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of violating a felony, shall be returned to the requesting state upon a requisition to the state where the juvenile may be found. A petition in such cases shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in the requesting state where the violation of the felony is alleged to have been committed. The petition may be filed regardless of whether the juvenile has left the state before or after the filing of the petition. The requisition described in Article V of the Compact shall be forwarded by the judge of the court in which the petition has been filed.