By Ramsay                                       H.B. No. 1838

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the juvenile board of Red River County.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 152.2001, Human Resources Code, is

 1-5     amended to read as follows:

 1-6           Sec. 152.2001.  RED RIVER COUNTY.  (a)  The Red River County

 1-7     Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge and the district

 1-8     judges in the county.  The county judge serves as the chairman and

 1-9     chief administrative officer of the juvenile board.

1-10           (b)  The commissioners court may pay the members of the

1-11     juvenile board additional annual compensation set by the

1-12     commissioners court at not less than $1,200 for the added duties

1-13     imposed on the members.  The compensation is payable in equal

1-14     monthly installments out of the general funds of the county.

1-15           (c)  The commissioners court may reimburse the juvenile court

1-16     judge in the county for the judge's actual and necessary expenses

1-17     incurred in attending seminars and other educational or

1-18     instructional meetings relating to juvenile problems.  Annual

1-19     reimbursement provided to a judge under this subsection may not

1-20     exceed $600.

1-21           (d)  The commissioners court shall set the annual rate of

1-22     increase in salaries for juvenile probation employees and juvenile

1-23     judges at the rate of increase given to other Red River County

1-24     employees or to state employees.  If the rates are different, the

 2-1     commissioners court may choose one of the rates or choose a rate

 2-2     that is between the two rates.  In choosing the rate, the

 2-3     commissioners court may consider any relevant factor, including the

 2-4     source of the funds, the duties and workload of the employees, and

 2-5     the effect on other county employees.  [The commissioners court

 2-6     shall provide the funds for the salaries and reasonable expenses of

 2-7     the juvenile probation officers.]

 2-8           (e)  Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, 152.0005,

 2-9     152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile

2-10     board of Red River County.

2-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

2-12           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

2-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

2-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

2-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

2-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.