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By: Farabee (Senate Sponsor - Estes) |
H.B. No. 953 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 2007; |
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April 11, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 4, 2007, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 4, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment of the superintendent of juvenile |
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detention facilities in Wichita County. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 152.2492(b), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The chief juvenile probation officer [family court
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services department administrator] shall appoint the |
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superintendent of each facility. The juvenile board must confirm |
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the appointment. A superintendent or an assistant may be suspended |
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or removed at any time by the appointing authority. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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