| 1 | 1 | | 81R38590 SJM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hinojosa S.R. No. 1083 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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| 7 | 7 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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| 8 | 8 | | suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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| 9 | 9 | | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House |
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| 10 | 10 | | Bill 2139, relating to the establishment, operation, and funding of |
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| 11 | 11 | | victim-offender mediation programs, to consider and take action on |
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| 12 | 12 | | the following matter: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Senate Rules 12.03(1), (2), and (3) are suspended to permit |
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| 14 | 14 | | the committee to change and omit text not in disagreement and to add |
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| 15 | 15 | | text in proposed SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 56.22(d), |
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| 16 | 16 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (d) A pretrial victim-offender mediation must be conducted |
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| 18 | 18 | | by a court-appointed mediator who meets the training requirements |
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| 19 | 19 | | provided by Sections 154.052(a) and (b), Civil Practice and |
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| 20 | 20 | | Remedies Code. Neither the attorney representing the state nor the |
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| 21 | 21 | | attorney representing the defendant in the criminal action may |
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| 22 | 22 | | serve as a mediator under the pretrial victim-offender mediation |
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| 23 | 23 | | program. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Explanation: The alteration of text is necessary to require |
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| 25 | 25 | | that a person appointed by the court to conduct pretrial |
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| 26 | 26 | | victim-offender mediations has completed mediation training. |
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