Municipal Traffic Safety Initiative Conference Omni South Park 4140 Governors Row

							                    Municipal Traffic Safety Initiative Conference
                                  Omni South Park
                                                   4140 Governors Row
                                                      Austin, Texas
                                                       512.448.2222
     DAY 1 DAY May 27, 2009, Wednesday
     10:00 – 5:00 p.m. Registration
     1:00 – 5:00 p.m. OPTIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS: Talking to the Blank Wall: Judicial Outreach to Teens,
                                 National Judicial College
     1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Preparation Course Level I- Clerk’s Certification Program: Leisa Hardin, Hardin & Robbins, LLC

     1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Preparation Course Level II- Clerk’s Certification Program: Pat Riffel, City of Pearland

     DAY 2 May 28, 2009, Thursday
     6:45 – 8:00 a.m.           Registration & Breakfast
     8:00 – 8:05 a.m.           Welcome & Announcements
     8:15 – 9:00 a.m.           How Municipal Courts Can Make A Difference, Ryan K. Turner, Gen. Counsel &
                                Director of Education, TMCEC
     9:00 – 10:15 a.m.          Why Traffic Safety is Important, Sheriff John Whetsel, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
     10:30 – 11:00 a.m.         Awards Presentation, Judge Robin Smith, Midland
     11:00 – 12:00 noon         Driving Under the Influence, W. Clay Abbott, DWI Resource Prosecutor, Texas District
                                and County Attorneys Association, Austin
     12:00 – 1:00 p.m.          Lunch

                                   Traffic                      Magistration                Consequences            Administrative
                                                                                                                       Issues
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.            Aggressive Drivers,              Bail Conditions in            Points: Driving         Ethics of Dealing
                           W. Clay Abbott, DWI                  DWI Cases,                 Responsibility           with Vendors, *
                            Resource Prosecutor,           Judge Matt King, Tarrant      Programs, Rebekah         Ross Fischer, City
                          Texas District and County           County Magistrate               Hibbs, DPS           Attorney, Seguin
                           Attorneys Association,                                        Project Administrator
                                   Austin                                                Driver Responsibility
                                                                                           Program, Austin

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.                                                               Break
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.           Passenger Restraint,            Auto Ignition Interlock           Omnibase            Role of Court in City
                          Mark Goodner, Program                   Devices,               Program/Contract          Government, *
                           Attorney and Deputy              Judge Robin Ramsay,         TxDOT Registration         Lauren Crawford.
                            Counsel, TMCEC                        Denton                    Suspension,           Legal Counsel, Texas
                                                                                          Charles Brother,         Municipal League,
                                                                                        President, Omnibase              Austin
                                                                                       & Anne Pierce, TxDOT

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.                                                               Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.              Booster Seats/                  Blood Warrants,                     Warrant Round-Ups &
                             Child Safety Seats,          W. Clay Abbott, DWI               Other Effective Collection Programs,
                               Mike Earney,             Resource Prosecutor, Texas      Rebecca Stark, Moderator, Court Administrator,
                             Law Enforcement               District and County                              Austin
                               Coordinator,               Attorney’s Association,       Phyllis Mathison, Court Administrator, Bastrop
                           Texas Municipal Police                 Austin                               Municipal Court
                                Association                                               Don McKinley, Court Operations Manager,
                                                                                                    Austin Municipal Court
     DAY 3 May 29, 2009, Friday
     6:45 – 8:00 a.m.     Breakfast
                                   Traffic                    Update                 Traffic Technology           Public Education
8:00 - 9:15 a.m.            Grand Drivers,                 Texas Sure,                Innovative Traffic            Judges in the
                              Selma Sauls,         Judge Robin Ramsay, Denton           Technologies,            Classroom, DRSR,
                             Tallahassee, FL                                          Judge Robin Smith,         Judge Lester Rorick,
                                                                                           Midland                    Pasadena

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.                                                            Break
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.           Young Drivers,             Custom Deferred for               Red Light              Resource for Public
                         Judge Gary Ellsworth,           At-Risk Drivers,               Enforcement,              Outreach: Law
                               Spearman            Ryan Turner, General Counsel      Judge Staci Williams,      Related Education,
                                                     & Director of Education,               Dallas              Jan Miller, Law-Related
                                                         TMCEC, Austin                                            Education Director,
                                                                                                                  State Bar of Texas,
                                                                                                                         Austin

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.                                                          Break
10:45 - 12:00 p.m.        Distracted Drivers,           Rules of the Road,            Ordinances & Cell           Courage to Live,
                          Judge Victor Lander,            Melissa Pace,                    Phones,               Judge Jan Matthews,
                                 Dallas                 Haltom City Court            Ryan Henry, Attorney             Lubbock
                                                         Administrator                at Law, San Antonio

     12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch
     1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Clerk’s Certification Test (Levels I, II, and III)
                                Traffic                         Outreach                 Traffic Technology        Public Education
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.         Masking &               Model Outreach Programs: Medium          Science of Speed       Adolescent Decision
                      Commercial Drivers              & High Volume Courts                 Measurement,                Making
                         Licenses, *                   Medium Volume Panel:                 Judge Kevin           Sara Villanueva Dixon,
                      Judge William Hughes,        Lynda Kilgore & Denise Mitrano,        Madison, Lakeway           Asst. Professor of
                           Canyon, &                           LaPorte                                            Psychology, St. Edward’s
                       Judge Victor Lander,         Rhonda Scarborough, Conroe                                           University
                             Dallas                 Judge Barbara Weaver, Killeen
                                                       Johnny Brooks, Killeen
                                                     Margie Flores, Corpus Christi
                                                         High Volume Panel:
                                                   Don McKinley & Rebekah Stark,
                                                               Lakeway
                                                       Gabriela Valle, El Paso
                                                       Laura Anderson, Irving
                                                       Rodney Adams, Irving

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.                                                           Break
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.     Motorcycles & Related        Model Outreach Programs, Low                 STEP,
                            Laws                         Volume Courts                      Ray Dittrich,        Adolescent Decision
                        Judge Stewart Milner,            Low Volume Panel:               Project Coordinator,      Making Con’t.
                             Arlington                Judge Peggy Simon, Burnet             L.E.A.D.R.S.
                                                    Judge Kevin Madison, Lakeway           Texas Municipal
                                                        TBD, Mount Enterprise             Police Association,
                                                    Claudia Cardenas, Shenandoah                Austin

3:30 p.m.                                                           Conference Ends
               Ethics credit                               Course Directors:




            Funded by grants from the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Court of
                                             Criminal Appeals