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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the Duval, Jim Hogg, and Starr Counties |
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Juvenile Board and the abolition of the Starr County and Duval |
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County Juvenile Boards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 152, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 152.0722 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 152.0722. DUVAL, JIM HOGG, AND STARR COUNTIES. (a) |
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The Duval, Jim Hogg, and Starr Counties Juvenile Board is composed |
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of the county judges of each of those counties, the district judges |
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in each of those counties, and the judge of the County Court at Law |
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of Starr County. |
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(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as |
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chairman. |
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(c) The commissioners courts of the counties shall pay each |
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member of the juvenile board an annual salary agreed to and set by |
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the commissioners courts at not more than $1,200 or more than $3,600 |
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for the added duties imposed on the members. The salary shall be |
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paid in equal monthly installments from the general funds of the |
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counties in proportion to the populations of the counties, unless |
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the counties agree to a different method for apportioning the |
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salary. |
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(d) The juvenile board shall appoint not more than five |
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persons to serve on an advisory council. |
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(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, |
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152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the juvenile board. |
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SECTION 2. The Duval County Juvenile Board and the Starr |
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County Juvenile Board are abolished on the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 152.0721 and 152.2201, Human Resources |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect October 1, 2007. |