1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the juvenile board in Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan
1-3 counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 152.0821, Human Resources Code, is
1-6 amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding
1-7 Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
1-8 (a) Fisher County is included in the Fisher, Mitchell, and
1-9 Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of:
1-10 (1) a [the] county judge from [judges and the district
1-11 judges in] Fisher, Mitchell, or [and] Nolan County elected by a
1-12 majority vote of the county judges from those counties;
1-13 (2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
1-14 the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by
1-15 agreement between those two judges;
1-16 (3) one person [two persons] appointed by the Nolan
1-17 County Commissioners Court;
1-18 (4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
1-19 Sweetwater or another person [two persons] appointed by the
1-20 Sweetwater City Commission;
1-21 (5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
1-22 the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person [two
1-23 persons] appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
1-24 Independent School District;
2-1 (6) one person [three members] appointed by the
2-2 Mitchell County Commissioners Court; [and]
2-3 (7) one person [two members] appointed by the Fisher
2-4 County Commissioners Court;
2-5 (8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
2-6 County selected by a majority vote of the county judges of those
2-7 counties; and
2-8 (9) one person selected by majority vote of the county
2-9 judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
2-10 confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
2-11 counties.
2-12 (b) The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed
2-13 under Subsection (a)(1) [by majority vote shall annually elect one
2-14 of its members as chairman]. The chairman presides at meetings
2-15 scheduled by the board.
2-16 (c) The appointed members serve without compensation. Each
2-17 member serves a two-year term.
2-18 (f) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater City
2-19 Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed only if the
2-20 City of Sweetwater agrees to provide funds for the salaries of the
2-21 personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
2-22 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
2-23 services to Nolan County as provided by Section 152.1831(d).
2-24 (g) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent
2-25 School District under Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if
2-26 that school district agrees to provide funds for the salaries of
2-27 the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
3-1 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
3-2 services to Nolan County as provided by Section 152.1831(d).
3-3 SECTION 2. Section 152.1831, Human Resources Code, is
3-4 amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c), and adding
3-5 Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
3-6 (a) Nolan County is included in the Fisher, Mitchell, and
3-7 Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of:
3-8 (1) a [the] county judge from [judges and the district
3-9 judges in] Fisher, Mitchell, or [and] Nolan County elected by a
3-10 majority vote of the county judges from those counties;
3-11 (2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
3-12 the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by
3-13 agreement between those two judges;
3-14 (3) one person [two persons] appointed by the Nolan
3-15 County Commissioners Court;
3-16 (4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
3-17 Sweetwater or another person [two persons] appointed by the
3-18 Sweetwater City Commission;
3-19 (5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
3-20 the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person [two
3-21 persons] appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
3-22 Independent School District;
3-23 (6) one person [three members] appointed by the
3-24 Mitchell County Commissioners Court; [and]
3-25 (7) one person [two members] appointed by the Fisher
3-26 County Commissioners Court;
3-27 (8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
4-1 County selected by a majority vote of the county judges of those
4-2 counties; and
4-3 (9) one person selected by majority vote of the county
4-4 judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
4-5 confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
4-6 counties.
4-7 (b) The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed
4-8 under Subsection (a)(1) [by majority vote shall annually elect one
4-9 of its members as chairman]. The chairman presides at meetings
4-10 scheduled by the board.
4-11 (c) The appointed members serve without compensation. Each
4-12 member serves a two-year term.
4-13 (f) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater City
4-14 Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed only if the
4-15 City of Sweetwater agrees to provide funds for the salaries of the
4-16 personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
4-17 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
4-18 services to Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).
4-19 (g) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent
4-20 School District under Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if
4-21 that school district agrees to provide funds for the salaries of
4-22 the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
4-23 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
4-24 services to Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).
4-25 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
4-26 (b) The terms of the members of the Juvenile Board of Fisher
4-27 County who are serving immediately before the effective date of
5-1 this Act expire on that date. As soon as possible after the
5-2 effective date of this Act, members of the Juvenile Board of Fisher
5-3 County shall be appointed in accordance with Section 152.0821,
5-4 Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
5-5 (c) The terms of the members of the Juvenile Board of Nolan
5-6 County who are serving immediately before the effective date of
5-7 this Act expire on that date. As soon as possible after the
5-8 effective date of this Act, members of the Juvenile Board of Nolan
5-9 County shall be appointed in accordance with Section 152.1831,
5-10 Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
5-11 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
5-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
5-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
5-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 774 was passed by the House on March
25, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 774 was passed by the Senate on May
13, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor