Bill Text: GA SR556 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Victim Services Day; recognize April 1, 2011
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-11 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR556 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR556-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 556
By:
Senators Hamrick of the 30th and Unterman of the 45th
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
the Multi-Agency Victim Services Partnership and recognizing April 1, 2011, as
Victim Services Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the Multi-Agency Victim Services Partnership is a collaboration of state
agencies with the common goal of restoring crime victims and their families by
providing seamless quality services to those victims; and
WHEREAS,
sponsored by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, the partnership helps
provide a means of victim information sharing among agencies to ensure victims
receive the necessary services that are available to them; and
WHEREAS,
the partnership collaborates on legislation to improve victim services and
advocates on behalf of all crime victims; and
WHEREAS,
working together allows agencies to maximize resources, such as finances, staff,
expertise, and supplies; and
WHEREAS,
participating agencies in the partnership include the Administrative Office of
the Courts, Commission on Family Violence, Criminal Justice Coordinating
Council, Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department
of Public Safety, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Georgia Department of
Community Health, Governor's Office for Children and Families, Governor's Office
of Highway Safety, Prosecuting Attorneys' Council, and State Board of Pardons
and Paroles; and
WHEREAS,
the participating agencies meet once a month to ensure that the partnership
operates in a collaborative manner and focuses on all Georgia crime victims;
and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding work of this fine
partnership and its innumerable contributions to the citizens of this state be
appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
the Multi-Agency Victim Services Partnership for its work assisting Georgia's
crime victims and recognize April 1, 2011, as Victim Services Day at the state
capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Criminal Justice
Coordinating Council.
