By:  Swinford (Senate Sponsor - Bivins)                           H.B. No. 3584
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 19, 2003; 
May 20, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Intergovernmental Relations; May 23, 2003, reported favorably by 
the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the Moore County Juvenile Board.                                
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 152.1771(a), (b), and (e), Human 
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Moore County Juvenile Board is composed of:                           
		(1)  the county judge;  and                                            
		(2)  six [two] persons appointed by the Moore County 
Commissioners Court[;
		[(3)  two persons appointed by the Dumas City 
Commission;  and
		[(4)  two persons appointed by the board of trustees of 
the Dumas Independent School District].
	(b)  The appointed members serve staggered two-year terms 
with the terms of three members [one person appointed by the city, 
one person appointed by the county, and one person appointed by the 
school district] expiring on December 31 of each even-numbered
year, and the terms of three members expiring on December 31 of each 
odd-numbered year.
	[(e)  The commissioners court, the Dumas City Commission, 
and the board of trustees of the Dumas Independent School District 
may agree to pay equally the costs of the salaries and expenses of 
the juvenile department.]
	SECTION 2.  The two persons appointed by the Moore County 
Commissioners Court serving on the Moore County Juvenile Board 
immediately before the effective date of this Act shall serve the 
remainder of their terms.  The first four persons appointed on or 
after the effective date of this Act to serve on the Moore County 
Juvenile Board as provided by Section 152.1771(a), Human Resources 
Code, as amended by this Act, shall draw lots for staggered terms, 
so that the terms of three of the six appointed members expire 
December 31 of each even-numbered year, and the terms of the other 
three of the six appointed members expire December 31 of each 
odd-numbered year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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