BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 2134
By: Wentworth
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Section 152.0521 (Comal County) of the Human Resources Code names the members of the Comal County Juvenile Board (board). The board is composed of the county judge, the judge of each county court at law in the county, the judge of the 207th District Court, and an additional judge of the district courts having jurisdiction in Comal County, to be appointed biennially by the local administrative district court judge and the criminal district attorney of Comal County.
S.B. 2134 amends current law relating to the composition and voting procedures of the Comal County Juvenile Board.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 152.0521(a), Human Resources Code, to provide that the Comal County Juvenile Board (board) is composed of certain judges, including the judge of the 433rd District Court. Makes nonsubstantive changes.
SECTION 2. Repealer: Section 152.0521(a-1) (relating to prohibiting the criminal district attorney of Comal County from voting except to break a tie vote of the other members of the board), Human Resources Code.
SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2009.