By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 469
	(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2003; February 17, 2003,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; March 6, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 6, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the composition of the Comal County Juvenile Board.             
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 152.0521, Human Resources Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The Comal County Juvenile Board is composed of:                    
		(1)  the county judge;                                          
		(2)  [,] the local administrative statutory county 
judge;
		(3)  [of the County Court at Law of Comal County, and] 
the judge of the 207th District Court;
		(4)  an additional judge of the district courts having 
jurisdiction in Comal County, to be appointed biennially by the 
local administrative district judge; and
		(5)  the criminal district attorney of Comal County.                   
	(a-1)  The criminal district attorney of Comal County may not 
vote except to break a tie vote of the other members of the board.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than October 1, 2003, the presiding 
judge of the district courts having jurisdiction in Comal County 
shall appoint a district court judge to the Comal County Juvenile 
Board as required by Subsection (a), Section 152.0521, Human 
Resources Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.



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