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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 Texas Juvenile Justice Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 202.001(a), (b), and (e), Human |
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Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board is composed of the following nine [13] members |
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appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate: |
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(1) one member who is a district court judge of a court |
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designated as a juvenile court; |
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(2) one member who is a member [three members who are
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members] of a county commissioners court; |
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(3) one member who is a prosecutor in a juvenile court; |
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(4) one member who is a chief juvenile probation |
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officer of a juvenile probation department [serving a county with a
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population that includes fewer than 7,500 persons younger than 18
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years of age]; |
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(5) [one chief juvenile probation officer of a
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juvenile probation department serving a county with a population
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that includes at least 7,500 but fewer than 80,000 persons younger
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than 18 years of age;
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[(6)
one chief juvenile probation officer of a
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juvenile probation department serving a county with a population
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that includes 80,000 or more persons younger than 18 years of age;
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[(7)] one adolescent mental health treatment |
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professional licensed under Subtitle B or I, Title 3, Occupations |
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Code; |
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(6) [(8)] one educator, as that term is defined by |
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Section 5.001, Education Code; and |
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(7) [(9)] three members of the general public. |
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(b) Members serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms |
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of three [four or five] members expiring on February 1 of each |
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odd-numbered year. |
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(e) A member appointed under this section [Subsections
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(a)(1)-(6)] may not hold office in the same county or judicial |
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district or reside in the same political subdivision as another |
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member [appointed under those subsections]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 202.001(a), |
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Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act, regarding the |
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composition of members of the Texas Juvenile Justice Board does not |
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affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve as a |
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member of the board for the remainder of the member's term. On |
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expiration of a term of a director appointed under Section |
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202.001(a)(2), Human Resources Code, as that subdivision existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, the director's |
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position is abolished until the number of directors appointed under |
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that subdivision is one. On expiration of a term of a director |
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appointed under Sections 202.001(a)(4)-(6), Human Resources Code, |
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as those subdivisions existed immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, the director's position is abolished until the number |
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of directors appointed under those subdivisions is one. As the |
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terms of board members expire, for each position that is not |
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abolished the governor shall appoint or reappoint a member who has |
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the required experience until the composition of the board meets |
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the requirements under Section 202.001(a), Human Resources Code, as |
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amended by this Act. An initial appointment under this section to |
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replace a director whose term expires but whose position is not |
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abolished may be for a term of two or four years to achieve the |
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staggering of terms under Section 202.001(b), Human Resources Code, |
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as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |