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R E S O L U T I O N
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House |
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Bill 2139, relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of |
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victim-offender mediation programs, to consider and take action on |
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the following matter: |
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Senate Rules 12.03(1), (2), and (3) are suspended to permit |
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the committee to change and omit text not in disagreement and to add |
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text in proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 56.22(d), |
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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. |