§ 14-6.1-2 - Amendment to compact.
SECTION 14-6.1-2
§ 14-6.1-2 Amendment to compact. The governor is authorized and directed to execute with any other state legallyjoining, an amendment to the compact in substantially the following form:
(1) This amendment shall provide additional remedies, andshall be binding only as among and between those party states whichspecifically execute the same.
(2) All provisions and procedures of the compact on juvenilesshall be construed to apply to any juvenile charged with being a delinquent byreason of a violation of any criminal law. Any juvenile, charged with being adelinquent by reason of violating any criminal law, shall be returned to therequesting state upon a requisition to the state where the juvenile may befound. A petition in the case shall be filed in a court of competentjurisdiction in the requesting state where the violation of criminal law isalleged to have been committed. The petition may be filed regardless of whetherthe juvenile has left the state before or after the filing of the petition. Therequisition described in the compact shall be forwarded by the judge of thecourt in which the petition has been filed.