1-1 By: Rudd (Senate Sponsor - Montford) H.B. No. 1208
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 1993;
1-3 April 19, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to the juvenile boards of Cochran and Hockley counties.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Sections 152.0461 and 152.1161, Human Resources
1-25 Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-26 Sec. 152.0461. Cochran County. (a) The Cochran County
1-27 Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judge
1-28 <judges> in Cochran County, and the judge of any statutory court
1-29 designated as a juvenile court in the county. The chairman shall
1-30 <juvenile court judge may> appoint five public members to serve on
1-31 the board for a period determined by the board <juvenile court
1-32 judge>.
1-33 (b) The county judge is the chairman of the juvenile board.
1-34 The district judge is the vice-chairman and acts as chairman if:
1-35 (1) the chairman is absent or disabled; or
1-36 (2) the office of county judge is vacant <juvenile
1-37 board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning
1-38 of each year>.
1-39 (c) The juvenile board shall hold regular meetings at least
1-40 annually on dates set by the board and shall hold special meetings
1-41 at the call of the chairman.
1-42 (d) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the
1-43 juvenile board an annual salary set by the commissioners court <at
1-44 not more than $600>, payable in equal monthly installments from the
1-45 general fund or any other available fund of the county. Public
1-46 members serve without compensation.
1-47 <(d) The chief juvenile probation officer may set the
1-48 salaries and allowances of juvenile probation personnel with the
1-49 approval of the board.>
1-50 (e) The commissioners court may reimburse a juvenile board
1-51 member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related
1-52 expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training,
1-53 and educational activities.
1-54 (f) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile
1-55 probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as
1-56 essential to provide services to the children of Cochran County
1-57 from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid
1-58 received in the fund. The salaries approved by the commissioners
1-59 court may be paid from funds received for that purpose from the
1-60 Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. The commissioners court shall
1-61 pay the remaining approved salaries of juvenile probation personnel
1-62 and other expenses certified as necessary by the juvenile board
1-63 chairman from the general funds of the county.
1-64 (g) The chairman of the juvenile board shall certify to the
1-65 commissioners court an annual request for the expenditure of county
1-66 funds. The commissioners court shall act on the request in the
1-67 same manner as it acts on a request from another county office.
1-68 (h) The county auditor shall serve as the board's fiscal
2-1 officer.
2-2 (i) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, and
2-3 152.0008 do <Section 152.0005(b) does> not apply to the juvenile
2-4 board of Cochran County.
2-5 Sec. 152.1161. Hockley County. (a) The Hockley County
2-6 Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judge
2-7 <judges> in Hockley County, <and> the judge of any statutory court
2-8 designated as a juvenile court in the county, and the juvenile
2-9 court referee, if any. Subject to approval by the commissioners
2-10 court, the chairman shall <juvenile court judge may> appoint five
2-11 public members to serve on the board for a period of <determined by
2-12 the juvenile court judge, but not to exceed> two years. A public
2-13 member may be reappointed to the board.
2-14 (b) The county judge is the chairman of the juvenile board.
2-15 The district judge is the vice-chairman and acts as chairman if:
2-16 (1) the chairman is absent or disabled; or
2-17 (2) the office of county judge is vacant <juvenile
2-18 board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning
2-19 of each year>.
2-20 (c) The board shall hold regular meetings at least annually
2-21 on dates set by the board and shall hold special meetings at the
2-22 call of the chairman. All meetings shall be held at a site in
2-23 Hockley County.
2-24 (d) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the
2-25 juvenile board an annual salary set by the commissioners court at
2-26 not more than $600, payable in equal monthly installments from the
2-27 general fund or any other available fund of the county. Public
2-28 members serve without compensation.
2-29 <(d) Each June, the juvenile board shall recommend to the
2-30 commissioners court the proposed salaries of the probation officers
2-31 and other juvenile probation personnel. The commissioners court
2-32 may approve or reject each salary.>
2-33 (e) The commissioners court may reimburse a juvenile board
2-34 member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related
2-35 expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training,
2-36 and educational activities.
2-37 (f) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile
2-38 probation personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as
2-39 essential to provide services to the children of Hockley County
2-40 from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid
2-41 received in the fund. The salaries approved by the commissioners
2-42 court may be paid from funds received for that purpose from the
2-43 Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. The commissioners court shall
2-44 pay the remaining approved salaries of juvenile probation personnel
2-45 and other expenses certified as necessary by the juvenile board
2-46 chairman from the general funds of the county.
2-47 (g) The chairman of the juvenile board shall certify to the
2-48 commissioners court an annual request for the expenditure of county
2-49 funds. The commissioners court shall act on the request in the
2-50 same manner as it acts on a request from another county office.
2-51 (h) The county auditor shall serve as the board's fiscal
2-52 officer.
2-53 (i) <(f)> Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005
2-54 <152.0005(b)>, 152.0006, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile
2-55 board of Hockley County.
2-56 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-57 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-58 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-59 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-60 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-61 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-62 * * * * *
2-63 Austin,
2-64 Texas
2-65 May 20, 1993
2-66 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-67 President of the Senate
2-68 Sir:
2-69 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
2-70 referred H.B. No. 1208, have had the same under consideration, and
3-1 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
3-2 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
3-3 Armbrister,
3-4 Chairman
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3-6 WITNESSES
3-7 FOR AGAINST ON
3-8 ___________________________________________________________________
3-9 Name: Vicki Wright x
3-10 Representing: Tx Juvenile Probation Comm.
3-11 City: Austin
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