1-1 By: Counts (Senate Sponsor - Haywood) H.B. No. 774
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 29, 1999;
1-3 March 30, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; April 29, 1999, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 29, 1999, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the juvenile board in Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan
1-10 counties.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 152.0821, Human Resources Code, is
1-13 amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c) and adding
1-14 Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
1-15 (a) Fisher County is included in the Fisher, Mitchell, and
1-16 Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of:
1-17 (1) a [the] county judge from [judges and the district
1-18 judges in] Fisher, Mitchell, or [and] Nolan County elected by a
1-19 majority vote of the county judges from those counties;
1-20 (2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
1-21 the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by
1-22 agreement between those two judges;
1-23 (3) one person [two persons] appointed by the Nolan
1-24 County Commissioners Court;
1-25 (4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
1-26 Sweetwater or another person [two persons] appointed by the
1-27 Sweetwater City Commission;
1-28 (5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
1-29 the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person [two
1-30 persons] appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
1-31 Independent School District;
1-32 (6) one person [three members] appointed by the
1-33 Mitchell County Commissioners Court; [and]
1-34 (7) one person [two members] appointed by the Fisher
1-35 County Commissioners Court;
1-36 (8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
1-37 County selected by a majority vote of the county judges of those
1-38 counties; and
1-39 (9) one person selected by majority vote of the county
1-40 judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
1-41 confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
1-42 counties.
1-43 (b) The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed
1-44 under Subsection (a)(1) [by majority vote shall annually elect one
1-45 of its members as chairman]. The chairman presides at meetings
1-46 scheduled by the board.
1-47 (c) The appointed members serve without compensation. Each
1-48 member serves a two-year term.
1-49 (f) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater City
1-50 Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed only if the
1-51 City of Sweetwater agrees to provide funds for the salaries of the
1-52 personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
1-53 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
1-54 services to Nolan County as provided by Section 152.1831(d).
1-55 (g) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent
1-56 School District under Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if
1-57 that school district agrees to provide funds for the salaries of
1-58 the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
1-59 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
1-60 services to Nolan County as provided by Section 152.1831(d).
1-61 SECTION 2. Section 152.1831, Human Resources Code, is
1-62 amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), and (c), and adding
1-63 Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
1-64 (a) Nolan County is included in the Fisher, Mitchell, and
2-1 Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of:
2-2 (1) a [the] county judge from [judges and the district
2-3 judges in] Fisher, Mitchell, or [and] Nolan County elected by a
2-4 majority vote of the county judges from those counties;
2-5 (2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
2-6 the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by
2-7 agreement between those two judges;
2-8 (3) one person [two persons] appointed by the Nolan
2-9 County Commissioners Court;
2-10 (4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
2-11 Sweetwater or another person [two persons] appointed by the
2-12 Sweetwater City Commission;
2-13 (5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
2-14 the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person [two
2-15 persons] appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
2-16 Independent School District;
2-17 (6) one person [three members] appointed by the
2-18 Mitchell County Commissioners Court; [and]
2-19 (7) one person [two members] appointed by the Fisher
2-20 County Commissioners Court;
2-21 (8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
2-22 County selected by a majority vote of the county judges of those
2-23 counties; and
2-24 (9) one person selected by majority vote of the county
2-25 judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
2-26 confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
2-27 counties.
2-28 (b) The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed
2-29 under Subsection (a)(1) [by majority vote shall annually elect one
2-30 of its members as chairman]. The chairman presides at meetings
2-31 scheduled by the board.
2-32 (c) The appointed members serve without compensation. Each
2-33 member serves a two-year term.
2-34 (f) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater City
2-35 Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed only if the
2-36 City of Sweetwater agrees to provide funds for the salaries of the
2-37 personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
2-38 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
2-39 services to Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).
2-40 (g) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent
2-41 School District under Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if
2-42 that school district agrees to provide funds for the salaries of
2-43 the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
2-44 chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
2-45 services to Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).
2-46 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-47 (b) The terms of the members of the Juvenile Board of Fisher
2-48 County who are serving immediately before the effective date of
2-49 this Act expire on that date. As soon as possible after the
2-50 effective date of this Act, members of the Juvenile Board of Fisher
2-51 County shall be appointed in accordance with Section 152.0821,
2-52 Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
2-53 (c) The terms of the members of the Juvenile Board of Nolan
2-54 County who are serving immediately before the effective date of
2-55 this Act expire on that date. As soon as possible after the
2-56 effective date of this Act, members of the Juvenile Board of Nolan
2-57 County shall be appointed in accordance with Section 152.1831,
2-58 Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
2-59 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-60 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-61 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-62 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-63 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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