By: Duncan, Estes S.B. No. 1811

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

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

SECTION 1. Section 152.1101, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 152.1101. HASKELL COUNTY. (a) Haskell County is included in the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board. The juvenile board [of Haskell County] is composed of:

(1) the county judge of Haskell County;

(2) the county judge of Kent County;

(3) the county judge of Stonewall County;

(4) the county judge of Throckmorton County; and

(5) the 39th Judicial District judge[, the district judges in Haskell County, and the judge of any statutory court designated as a juvenile court].

(b) The juvenile court judge may appoint two public members to serve on the board for a term set by the judge.

(c) [(b)] The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each year.

(d) [(c)] The commissioners court of each county shall pay the county judge of that county and the 39th Judicial District judge additional [judges on the board an] annual compensation of [salary set by the commissioners court at] not more than $6,000 [$1,200], payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the county, for the added duties imposed on the judges under this section. The public members serve without compensation.

[(d) The chief juvenile probation officer may set the salaries and allowances of juvenile probation personnel with the approval of the board.]

(e) If approved by the juvenile board, the commissioners court shall reimburse the juvenile court judge for the judge's actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending seminars and other educational or instructional meetings related to juvenile problems. The counties shall prorate the expenses allowed for the members of the juvenile board and for the juvenile court judge.

(f) The commissioners court of each county shall jointly provide the necessary funds to pay the salaries of the juvenile probation personnel in the amount set by the juvenile board.

(g) The commissioners court of each county shall jointly pay the expenses of the juvenile probation officers that are certified as necessary by the juvenile board chairman from the general fund and in the amount set by the juvenile board.

(h) Sections 152.0004 and [Section] 152.0005(b) do [does] not apply to the juvenile board [of Haskell County].

SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 152, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 152.1381 to read as follows:

Sec. 152.1381. KENT COUNTY. (a) Kent County is included in the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

(b) Section 152.1101 applies to the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 152, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Section 152.2231 to read as follows:

Sec. 152.2231. STONEWALL COUNTY. (a) Stonewall County is included in the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

(b) Section 152.1101 applies to the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board.

SECTION 4. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 152.2301, Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a) Throckmorton County is included in the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board. [The juvenile board of Throckmorton County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Throckmorton County, and the judge of each statutory court designated as a juvenile court in the county. The juvenile court judge may appoint two public members to serve on the board for a period determined by the juvenile court judge.]

(b) Section 152.1101 applies to the 39th Judicial District Juvenile Board. [The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each year.]

SECTION 5. Subsections (c), (d), and (e), Section 152.2301, Human Resources Code, are repealed.

SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.