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	Amend CSHB 2139 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Title 3, Family Code, is amended by adding 
Chapter 62 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 62.  JUVENILE VICTIM-OFFENDER MEDIATION PILOT PROGRAM
	Sec. 62.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                            
		(1)  "Commission" means the Texas Juvenile Probation 
Commission.     
		(2)  "Department" means the Bexar County Juvenile 
Probation Department.
		(3)  "Program" means the juvenile victim-offender 
mediation pilot program created under this chapter.
	Sec. 62.002.  ESTABLISHMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PILOT 
PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish a juvenile 
victim-offender mediation pilot program for children in Bexar 
County using funds appropriated for that purpose.
	(b)  In implementing the program, the commission shall 
require the department to:
		(1)  establish a resource network on the subject of 
victim-offender mediation that includes representatives from the 
department, the local dispute resolution center, the juvenile 
courts, the district attorney's office, and the local juvenile 
defense bar association;
		(2)  develop the program consistent with best practices 
identified by the commission; and
		(3)  identify outcome measures that may be used to 
measure the effectiveness of the program.
	Sec. 62.003.  REPORT.  Not later than December 1, 2010, the 
department shall submit a report to the commission regarding the 
program.  The report must include:
		(1)  a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of 
the program; and
		(2)  the department's findings and recommendations 
regarding continuation or expansion of the program.
	Sec. 62.004.  PROGRAM FUNDING.  Subject to Section 62.005, 
the commission shall provide sufficient funds to the department for 
the program and report, if funds are appropriated for purposes of 
this chapter.
	Sec. 62.005.  IMPLEMENTATION CONTINGENT ON FEDERAL FUNDING.  
The commission is required to implement this chapter only if the 
commission receives, for the purpose of implementing this chapter, 
federal supplemental appropriations under the American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5) or any other 
similar federal legislation that is enacted on or after January 1, 
2009.
	Sec. 62.006.  EXPIRATION.  This chapter expires September 2, 
2011.