By Truitt                                              H.R. No. 192
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           WHEREAS, The House of Representatives of the State of Texas
 1-2     is pleased to recognize the Teen Court Program and the Teen Court
 1-3     Bar Association as they visit the State Capitol on February 15,
 1-4     1999; and
 1-5           WHEREAS, Functioning as a parallel judicial system which
 1-6     relies on sentences of community service instead of punitive fines,
 1-7     Teen Court allows teens to choose judgement by their peers; and
 1-8           WHEREAS, Providing a valuable means of intervention in the
 1-9     lives of teenagers, the goals of the Teen Court Program are to
1-10     further legal education for students, nurture an understanding of
1-11     the legal system, and produce many networking opportunities for the
1-12     teens participating; and
1-13           WHEREAS, Required to attend training sessions, Teen Court
1-14     volunteers also must be recommended by their coordinator and pass
1-15     the Bar Examination before being admitted to the Teen Court Bar
1-16     Association of Texas; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Volunteers Shaneka Reese, Emily Olson, Christi
1-18     Casey, Parveneh Fakheri, Michael Jones, Jason Allen, Jeremy Gordon,
1-19     Devin Zakutney, Danielle Byno, Becky Reagan, Bethany Grohman,
1-20     Christi McDaniels, Ryan Cobb, Tremane Barclay, and Anthony Ortega
1-21     were recently inducted as charter members of the Teen Court Bar
 2-1     Association of Texas; and
 2-2           WHEREAS, All Texans are encouraged to congratulate the
 2-3     inductees into the Teen Court Bar Association of Texas; now,
 2-4     therefore, be it
 2-5           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the State of
 2-6     Texas, 76th Legislature, hereby acknowledge the positive impact
 2-7     which the Teen Court and the Teen Court Bar Association has on
 2-8     young Texans; and, be it further
 2-9           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared as an
2-10     expression of the high regard and esteem of the Texas House of
2-11     Representatives.