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