H.B. No. 1208
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the juvenile boards of Cochran and Hockley counties.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Sections 152.0461 and 152.1161, Human Resources
1-5 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 152.0461. Cochran County. (a) The Cochran County
1-7 Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judge
1-8 <judges> in Cochran County, and the judge of any statutory court
1-9 designated as a juvenile court in the county. The chairman shall
1-10 <juvenile court judge may> appoint five public members to serve on
1-11 the board for a period determined by the board <juvenile court
1-12 judge>.
1-13 (b) The county judge is the chairman of the juvenile board.
1-14 The district judge is the vice-chairman and acts as chairman if:
1-15 (1) the chairman is absent or disabled; or
1-16 (2) the office of county judge is vacant <juvenile
1-17 board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning
1-18 of each year>.
1-19 (c) The juvenile board shall hold regular meetings at least
1-20 annually on dates set by the board and shall hold special meetings
1-21 at the call of the chairman.
1-22 (d) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the
1-23 juvenile board an annual salary set by the commissioners court <at
1-24 not more than $600>, payable in equal monthly installments from the
2-1 general fund or any other available fund of the county. Public
2-2 members serve without compensation.
2-3 <(d) The chief juvenile probation officer may set the
2-4 salaries and allowances of juvenile probation personnel with the
2-5 approval of the board.>
2-6 (e) The commissioners court may reimburse a juvenile board
2-7 member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related
2-8 expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training,
2-9 and educational activities.
2-10 (f) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile
2-11 probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as
2-12 essential to provide services to the children of Cochran County
2-13 from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid
2-14 received in the fund. The salaries approved by the commissioners
2-15 court may be paid from funds received for that purpose from the
2-16 Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. The commissioners court shall
2-17 pay the remaining approved salaries of juvenile probation personnel
2-18 and other expenses certified as necessary by the juvenile board
2-19 chairman from the general funds of the county.
2-20 (g) The chairman of the juvenile board shall certify to the
2-21 commissioners court an annual request for the expenditure of county
2-22 funds. The commissioners court shall act on the request in the
2-23 same manner as it acts on a request from another county office.
2-24 (h) The county auditor shall serve as the board's fiscal
2-25 officer.
2-26 (i) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, and
2-27 152.0008 do <Section 152.0005(b) does> not apply to the juvenile
3-1 board of Cochran County.
3-2 Sec. 152.1161. Hockley County. (a) The Hockley County
3-3 Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judge
3-4 <judges> in Hockley County, <and> the judge of any statutory court
3-5 designated as a juvenile court in the county, and the juvenile
3-6 court referee, if any. Subject to approval by the commissioners
3-7 court, the chairman shall <juvenile court judge may> appoint five
3-8 public members to serve on the board for a period of <determined by
3-9 the juvenile court judge, but not to exceed> two years. A public
3-10 member may be reappointed to the board.
3-11 (b) The county judge is the chairman of the juvenile board.
3-12 The district judge is the vice-chairman and acts as chairman if:
3-13 (1) the chairman is absent or disabled; or
3-14 (2) the office of county judge is vacant <juvenile
3-15 board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning
3-16 of each year>.
3-17 (c) The board shall hold regular meetings at least annually
3-18 on dates set by the board and shall hold special meetings at the
3-19 call of the chairman. All meetings shall be held at a site in
3-20 Hockley County.
3-21 (d) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the
3-22 juvenile board an annual salary set by the commissioners court at
3-23 not more than $600, payable in equal monthly installments from the
3-24 general fund or any other available fund of the county. Public
3-25 members serve without compensation.
3-26 <(d) Each June, the juvenile board shall recommend to the
3-27 commissioners court the proposed salaries of the probation officers
4-1 and other juvenile probation personnel. The commissioners court
4-2 may approve or reject each salary.>
4-3 (e) The commissioners court may reimburse a juvenile board
4-4 member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related
4-5 expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training,
4-6 and educational activities.
4-7 (f) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile
4-8 probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as
4-9 essential to provide services to the children of Hockley County
4-10 from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid
4-11 received in the fund. The salaries approved by the commissioners
4-12 court may be paid from funds received for that purpose from the
4-13 Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. The commissioners court shall
4-14 pay the remaining approved salaries of juvenile probation personnel
4-15 and other expenses certified as necessary by the juvenile board
4-16 chairman from the general funds of the county.
4-17 (g) The chairman of the juvenile board shall certify to the
4-18 commissioners court an annual request for the expenditure of county
4-19 funds. The commissioners court shall act on the request in the
4-20 same manner as it acts on a request from another county office.
4-21 (h) The county auditor shall serve as the board's fiscal
4-22 officer.
4-23 (i) <(f)> Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005
4-24 <152.0005(b)>, 152.0006, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile
4-25 board of Hockley County.
4-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
4-27 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
5-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.