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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. Sec. 202.001. Human Resources Code is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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COMPOSITION OF BOARD; PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) The board is |
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composed of the following 7 13 members appointed by the governor |
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with the advice and consent of the senate: |
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(1) one member who is either: |
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(A) a district court judge of a court designated as a |
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juvenile court; |
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(B) (2) three members who are members a member of a |
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county commissioners court; or |
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(C) (3) one a prosecutor in a juvenile court;. |
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(2)(4) one chief juvenile probation officer of a juvenile |
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probation department serving a county with a population that
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includes fewer than 7,500 persons younger than 18 years of age; |
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(5) one chief juvenile probation officer of a juvenile
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probation department serving a county with a population that
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includes at least 7,500 but fewer than 80,000 persons younger than
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18 years of age;
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(6)one chief juvenile probation officer of a juvenile
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probation department serving a county with a population that
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includes 80,000 or more persons younger than 18 years of age;
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(3)(7) one adolescent mental health treatment professional |
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licensed under Subtitle B or I, Title 3, Occupations Code; |
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(4)(8) one educator, as that term is defined by Section |
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5.001, Education Code; and |
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(5)(9) three members of the general public. |
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(b) Members serve staggered six-years terms, with the terms |
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of four or five members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered |
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year. |
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(c) The governor shall designate a member of the board as |
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the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the |
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pleasure of the governor. |
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(d) The governor shall make appointments to the board |
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without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, |
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or national origin of the appointees. |
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(e) A member appointed under Subsections (a)(1)- or (2) (6) |
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may not hold office in the same county or judicial district as |
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another member appointed under those subsections. |
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SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2013. |