1. A. If a person confined in a penal institution in any other state may be a material witness in a criminal proceeding pending in a court of record or in a grand jury investigation in this state, a judge of the court may certify as follows:

   1. 1. There is a grand jury or a criminal proceeding pending in this court;
   2. 2. A person who is confined in a penal institution in the other state may be a material witness in the proceeding or investigation; and
   3. 3. His presence will be required during a specified time.

2. B. The judge of the court in this state shall:

   1. 1. Present the certificate to a judge of a court of record in the other state having jurisdiction over the prisoner confined; and
   2. 2. Give notice to the attorney general of the state in which the prisoner is confined, that the prisoner's presence will be required.

Laws 1989, SB 311, c. 100, § 7, eff. November 1, 1989.