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Amend HB 2502 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Sections 152.2561(e) through (j), Human 
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(e)  Service on a juvenile board by a judge is an additional 
duty of office.  The commissioners court shall pay each [the] 
juvenile board member [members] an annual salary of not less than 
$4,800 [$1,200], payable in equal monthly installments from any 
funds available to the county or to the juvenile board.
	(f)  The commissioners court shall reimburse a juvenile 
board member for the member's actual and necessary expenses 
incurred in performing the member's [his] duties.  The 
commissioners court shall set the rate of reimbursement and shall 
pay the expenses from funds allocated or received from any source.
	(g)  The juvenile board shall appoint necessary juvenile 
probation department personnel [with the advice and consent of the 
commissioners court].  The juvenile board may discharge the 
employees of the juvenile probation department [with the advice and 
consent of the commissioners court].
	(h)  The juvenile board shall provide each juvenile 
probation officer or juvenile probation department employee with an 
automobile or an automobile allowance for use of a personal 
automobile on official business.
	(i)  The juvenile board shall [use the juvenile probation 
fund to] pay [as much of] the salaries, allowances, and other 
necessary expenses from the juvenile probation budget to the extent 
of the state aid received [as possible]. The commissioners court 
shall pay the remaining salaries, allowances, and other necessary 
expenses from the general fund or other available funds of the 
county.
	(j)  The juvenile board [commissioners court] shall set the 
annual rate of increase in the salaries of juvenile probation 
department personnel [at the rate of increase given to other Wood 
County employees or to state employees].  If any portion of an 
employee's salary is to be paid from the general fund, [the rates 
are different,] the commissioners court shall approve the salary as 
presented to the commissioners court by the chairman of the 
juvenile board.  For purposes of this subsection, "salary" means 
only the fixed compensation paid to an employee and does not include 
health insurance, allowances, or any other benefit [may choose one 
of the rates or choose a rate that is between the two rates.  In 
choosing the rate, the commissioners court may consider any 
relevant factor, including the source of the funds, the duties and 
work load of the employees, and the effect on other county 
employees].