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R E S O L U T I O N
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of |
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Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13, |
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Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, |
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Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to |
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resolve the differences on House Bill 2139, relating to the |
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establishment, operation, and funding of victim-offender mediation |
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programs, to consider and take action on the following matter: |
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House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1), (2), and (3), are suspended |
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to permit the committee to change and omit text not in disagreement |
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and to add text in proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article |
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56.22(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, to read as follows: |
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(d) A pretrial victim-offender mediation must be conducted |
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by a court-appointed mediator who meets the training requirements |
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provided by Sections 154.052(a) and (b), Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code. Neither the attorney representing the state nor the |
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attorney representing the defendant in the criminal action may |
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serve as a mediator under the pretrial victim-offender mediation |
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program. |
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Explanation: The alteration of text is necessary to require |
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that a person appointed by the court to conduct pretrial |
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victim-offender mediations has completed mediation training. |