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Amend HB 2291 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 141.055(a), 
Human Resources Code, strike page 1, lines 20 through 30, and 
substitute the following:

study must include:                                                    
		(1)  an evaluation of the number of juvenile probation 
departments that operate victim-offender mediation programs;
		(2)  an evaluation of the number of juvenile probation 
departments that contract for the services of victim-offender 
mediation programs;
		(3)  a comprehensive program description of 
victim-offender mediation programs that includes an evaluation of 
program eligibility criteria and the process for utilizing the 
mediation services;
		(4)  an evaluation of the number of children served by 
victim-offender mediation programs annually, including individual 
data on referral offenses and demographic information for children 
served by victim-offender mediation programs;
		(5)  an evaluation of the number of mediation 
agreements established in victim-offender mediation programs 
annually; and
		(6)  the funding sources for victim-offender mediation 
programs and the cost to operate those programs.
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Sections 
141.055(b) and (c), Human Resources Code (page 1, lines 31 through 
48).
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 141.055(d), 
Human Resources Code (page 1, line 49), strike "(d)  Not later than 
July 1, 2008," and substitute "(b)  Not later than January 1, 
2009,".
	(4)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 
141.055(d)(3), Human Resources Code (page 1, line 58), strike 
"any".
	(5)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 141.055, 
Human Resources Code (page 1, line 62), strike added Subsection (e) 
and substitute the following:
	(c)  This section expires January 31, 2009.