It is the policy of this state that disputes before governmental bodies be resolved as fairly and expeditiously as possible and that each governmental body support this policy by developing and using alternative dispute resolution procedures in appropriate aspects of the governmental body’s operations and programs.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 934, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Redesignated from V.T.C.A., Government Code § 2008.002 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 19.01(55), eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1352, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.