By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 54

(In the Senate - Filed November 10, 2008; February 10, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; April 6, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 6, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 54 By: Wentworth

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the supervision of certain juvenile case managers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:

(f) The judge of a court that employs a juvenile case manager under Subsection (a) or (c) shall supervise the juvenile case manager, except that the judge may delegate that duty to another officer of the court who is authorized to conduct hearings under Title 3, Family Code. The judge may not delegate that duty to the clerk of the court. This subsection does not apply to a county court for which the county judge has appointed one or more full-time magistrates under Section 54.1172, Government Code.

SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Article 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, applies to the supervision of a juvenile case manager employed by a court on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the juvenile case manager began that employment before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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