Whereas, this resolve creates the Task Force to Study and Design a Child Protection Mediation System; and

Whereas, the study must be initiated before the 90-day period expires in order that the study may be completed and a report submitted in time for submission to the next legislative session; and

Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, therefore, be it

Sec. 1. Task force established. Resolved: That the Task Force to Study and Design a Child Protection Mediation System, referred to in this resolve as "the task force," is established; and be it further

Sec. 2. Task force membership. Resolved: That the task force consists of 6 members appointed as follows:

1. One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of the Senate;

2. One member of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House;

3. One member representing the Maine State Bar Association, appointed by the President of the Senate;

4. The Attorney General or the Attorney General's designee;

5. The Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services or the commissioner's designee; and

6. The Director of Court Alternative Dispute Resolution Services or the director's designee; and be it further

The task force shall ask the Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court to designate a judge from the Supreme Judicial Court to act as an advisor to the task force.

Sec. 3. Chairs. Resolved: That the Senate member is the Senate chair of the task force and the House of Representatives member is the House chair of the task force; and be it further