§353-16.5  Transfer of offenders under
treaty; authority of governor.  (a)  If a treaty in effect between the
United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of
convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the
governor may, on behalf of the State and subject to the terms of the treaty,
authorize the director of public safety to consent to the transfer or exchange
of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation
of this State in the treaty.



(b)  The transfer shall occur only if the
receiving foreign country is on an approved list published by Amnesty
International concerning that country's treatment of prisoners at the time of
transfer.  If the receiving country is not on an approved list as noted, the
prisoner must consent to the prisoner's transfer to the receiving foreign
country. [L 1987, c 53, §1 and c 338, §10; am L 1989, c 211, §8; gen ch 1992]