CJ S.B. 1938 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


JUVENILE JUSTICE & FAMILY ISSUES
S.B. 1938
By: ARMBRISTER (RHODES)
5-15-97
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND 

Currently, the juvenile board of Hays County is composed of the county
judge, the Hays County district judges, the judge of the county court at
law, and the county attorney.  The commissioners court is allowed to pay
juvenile board members additional annual compensation of not more than
$300.  S.B. 1938 alters the make-up of the board by removing two
non-resident district judges and including the district judge of the 22nd
judicial district, the judges of the county court at law, the county
sheriff, and the criminal district attorney, in an effort to make all of
the board members residents of Hays County.  In addition, this legislation
allows the commissioners court to pay the board members additional annual
compensation at its own discretion.     

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1938 establishes the composition of the Hays County
juvenile board and the additional compensation they may be paid by the
commissioners court. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Sections 152.1111(a) and (b), Human Resources Code, to
provide that the juvenile board of Hays County is composed of the county
judge, the district judge of the 22nd judicial district, the judges of the
county court at law, the county sheriff, and the criminal district
attorney.  Deletes existing text regarding the composition of the Hays
County juvenile board. Authorizes the commissioners court to pay the
juvenile board members additional annual compensation in an amount
determined by the commissioners court, rather than of not more than $300
for the duties imposed on the members.   

SECTION 2. Effective date:  September 1, 1997.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.