2006 New Mexico Statutes - Section 32A-10-2 — Interstate rendition amendment — (Contingent repeal, see note.)

32A-10-2. Interstate rendition amendment. (Contingent repeal, see note.)

The interstate rendition amendment to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles [ 32A-10-1 NMSA 1978] is entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in a form substantially as follows:     AMENDMENT TO INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES CONCERNING INTERSTATE RENDITION OF JUVENILES ALLEGED TO BE DELINQUENT   

A.     This amendment shall provide additional remedies, and shall be binding only as among and between those party states which specifically execute the same.   

B.     All provisions and procedures of Articles 5 and 6 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 any criminal law. Any juvenile charged with being a delinquent by reason of violating any criminal law shall be returned to the requesting state upon a requisition to the state where the juvenile may be found. A petition in such case shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in the requesting state where the violation of a criminal law 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 5 of the compact shall be forwarded by the judge of the court in which the petition has been filed.