By: Duncan, Estes  S.B. No. 1811
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2009; March 20, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
  April 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
  Nays 0; April 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
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.
 
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