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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