By Counts H.B. No. 1486
74R5756 MLR-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the juvenile board of Mitchell County.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 152.1741, Human Resources Code, is
1-5 amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding
1-6 Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Mitchell County is included in the Fisher, Mitchell, and
1-8 Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of:
1-9 (1) a <the> county judge from <judges and the district
1-10 judges in> Fisher, Mitchell, or <and> Nolan County elected by a
1-11 majority vote of the county judges from those counties <Counties>;
1-12 (2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
1-13 the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by
1-14 agreement between those two judges;
1-15 (3) one person <two persons> appointed by the Nolan
1-16 County Commissioners Court;
1-17 (4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
1-18 Sweetwater or another person <two persons> appointed by the
1-19 Sweetwater City Commission;
1-20 (5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
1-21 the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person <two
1-22 persons> appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
1-23 Independent School District;
1-24 (6) one person <three members> appointed by the
2-1 Mitchell County Commissioners Court; <and>
2-2 (7) one person <two members> appointed by the Fisher
2-3 County Commissioners Court;
2-4 (8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
2-5 County selected by majority vote of the county judges of those
2-6 counties; and
2-7 (9) one person selected by majority vote of the county
2-8 judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
2-9 confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
2-10 counties.
2-11 (b) The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed
2-12 under Subsection (a)(1) <by majority vote shall annually elect one
2-13 of its members as chairman>. The chairman presides at meetings
2-14 scheduled by the board.
2-15 (c) The appointed members serve without compensation. Each
2-16 member serves a two-year term.
2-17 (f) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater City
2-18 Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed only if the
2-19 City of Sweetwater agrees to provide funds for the salaries of the
2-20 personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
2-21 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
2-22 services to Nolan County as provided by Section 152.1831(d).
2-23 (g) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent
2-24 School District under Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if
2-25 that school district agrees to provide funds for the salaries of
2-26 the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
2-27 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
3-1 services to Nolan County as provided by Section 152.1831(d).
3-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. The
3-3 terms of the members of the Juvenile Board of Mitchell County who
3-4 are serving immediately before the effective date of this Act
3-5 expire on that date. As soon as possible after the effective date
3-6 of this Act, members of the Juvenile Board of Mitchell County shall
3-7 be appointed in accordance with Section 152.1741, Human Resources
3-8 Code, as amended by this Act.
3-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.