By Lengefeld H.B. No. 1723
76R5581 MLS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to consolidating the juvenile boards in Bosque, Comanche,
1-3 and Hamilton counties.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 152.0241(a), (c), and (d), Human
1-6 Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) Bosque County is included in the Bosque, Comanche, and
1-8 Hamilton counties juvenile board. The juvenile board [of Bosque
1-9 County] is composed of:
1-10 (1) the county judge in Bosque County;
1-11 (2) the county judge in Comanche County;
1-12 (3) the county judge in Hamilton County; and
1-13 (4) the 220th Judicial District judge [and the
1-14 district judges in Bosque County].
1-15 (c) The commissioners court shall [may] pay the juvenile
1-16 board members additional annual compensation set by the
1-17 commissioners court at not less than the amount paid to a board
1-18 member under this section on October 1, 1998 [more than $1,200 for
1-19 the added duties imposed on the members]. The additional
1-20 compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the
1-21 general fund of the county.
1-22 (d) Sections 152.0002, [152.0003,] 152.0004, [152.0005,]
1-23 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile
1-24 board of Bosque County.
2-1 SECTION 2. Sections 152.0531(a), (c), and (d), Human
2-2 Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-3 (a) Comanche County is included in the Bosque, Comanche, and
2-4 Hamilton counties juvenile board. The juvenile board [of Comanche
2-5 County] is composed of:
2-6 (1) the county judge in Bosque County;
2-7 (2) the county judge in Comanche County;
2-8 (3) the county judge in Hamilton County; and
2-9 (4) the 220th Judicial District judge [and the
2-10 district judges in Comanche County].
2-11 (c) The commissioners court shall [may] pay the juvenile
2-12 board members additional annual compensation set by the
2-13 commissioners court at not less than the amount paid to a board
2-14 member under this section on October 1, 1998 [more than $1,800 for
2-15 the added duties imposed on the members]. The additional
2-16 compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the
2-17 general fund of the county.
2-18 (d) Sections 152.0002, [152.0003,] 152.0004, [152.0005,]
2-19 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile
2-20 board of Comanche County.
2-21 SECTION 3. Sections 152.1031(a), (c), and (d), Human
2-22 Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
2-23 (a) Hamilton County is included in the Bosque, Comanche, and
2-24 Hamilton counties juvenile board. The juvenile board [of Hamilton
2-25 County] is composed of:
2-26 (1) the county judge in Bosque County;
2-27 (2) the county judge in Comanche County;
3-1 (3) the county judge in Hamilton County; and
3-2 (4) the 220th Judicial District judge [and the
3-3 district judges in Hamilton County].
3-4 (c) The commissioners court shall [may] pay the juvenile
3-5 board members additional annual compensation set by the
3-6 commissioners court at not less than the amount paid to a board
3-7 member under this section on October 1, 1998 [more than $1,200 for
3-8 the added duties imposed on the members]. The compensation shall
3-9 be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the
3-10 county.
3-11 (d) Sections 152.0002, [152.0003,] 152.0004, [152.0005,]
3-12 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile
3-13 board of Hamilton County.
3-14 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-19 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-20 passage, and it is so enacted.