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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the El Paso County juvenile board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 152.0771(a), Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The juvenile board of El Paso County is composed of: |
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(1) the county judge or: |
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(A) a member of the commissioners court |
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designated by the county judge; or |
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(B) an individual who is not a member of the |
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commissioners court and who is designated by the county judge and |
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approved by the commissioners court by majority vote; |
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(2) each family district court judge; |
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(3) each juvenile court judge; |
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(4) up to five judges on the "El Paso Council of |
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Judges" to be elected by majority vote of that council; |
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(5) a municipal judge from El Paso County selected by |
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the chairman of the juvenile board of El Paso County; and |
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(6) a justice of the peace in El Paso County selected |
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by the chairman of the juvenile board of El Paso County. |
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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, 2013. |