SECTION 3. Section 152.1831,
Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 152.1831. NOLAN
COUNTY.
(a) Nolan County is included
in the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell,
and Nolan counties juvenile board]. The juvenile board is composed of the
county judges, statutory county judges, and district judges in Fisher,
Mitchell, and Nolan counties[:
[(1) a county judge from
Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan County elected by a majority vote of the county
judges from those counties;
[(2) the 32nd Judicial
District judge or the judge of the county court at law in Nolan County who
is selected by agreement between those two judges;
[(3) one person appointed
by the Nolan County Commissioners Court;
[(4) subject to
Subsection (f), the city manager of Sweetwater or another person appointed
by the Sweetwater City Commission;
[(5) subject to
Subsection (g), the superintendent of the Sweetwater Independent School
District or another person appointed by the board of trustees of the
Sweetwater Independent School District;
[(6) one person appointed
by the Mitchell County Commissioners Court;
[(7) one person appointed
by the Fisher County Commissioners Court;
[(8) the county attorney
of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan County selected by a majority vote of the
county judges of those counties; and
[(9) one person selected
by majority vote of the county judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan
counties, subject to confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of
each of those counties].
(b) The juvenile board
shall elect one of the members as chairman [of the board is the
county judge appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at
meetings scheduled by the board].
(c) The commissioners
courts of the counties shall pay
the members of the juvenile board annual supplemental compensation of $2,400 from the general fund or any
other available fund of the counties. [The appointed members serve
without compensation. Each member serves a two-year term.]
(d) The juvenile board
shall hold regular meetings on dates set by the board and special meetings
at the call of the chairman. [The Nolan County Commissioners Court,
the Sweetwater City Commission, and the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
Independent School District may agree to provide the funds for the salaries
of the personnel assigned to Nolan County and the other expenses the board
chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile services to
Nolan County. The commissioners court, city council, and board of trustees
shall each provide one-third of the funds.]
(e)
The commissioners courts may reimburse a juvenile board member for the
member's reasonable and necessary job-related expenses. Reimbursable
expenses include travel, lodging, training, and educational activities.
[Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, and 152.0005 do not apply to the
juvenile board in Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties.]
(f)
The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile probation
personnel and other expenses the chairman certifies as essential to provide
services to children from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the
state aid received in the fund. [The board member appointed
by the Sweetwater City Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed
only if the City of Sweetwater agrees to provide funds for the salaries of
the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other expenses the board
chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile services to
Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).]
(g) The juvenile board
shall designate the treasurer or auditor of Fisher County, Mitchell County,
or Nolan County to serve as the board's fiscal officer. [The board
member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent School District under
Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if that school district agrees to
provide funds for the salaries of the personnel assigned to Nolan County
and other expenses the board chairman certifies as necessary to provide
adequate juvenile services to Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).]
(h) The juvenile board
shall appoint an advisory council composed of one person from each county.
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SECTION 3. Section 152.1831,
Human Resources Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c),
(d), and (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(a) Nolan County is included
in the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell,
and Nolan counties juvenile board]. The juvenile board is composed of the
county judges, statutory county judges, and district judges in Fisher,
Mitchell, and Nolan Counties[:
[(1) a county judge from
Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan County elected by a majority vote of the county
judges from those counties;
[(2) the 32nd Judicial
District judge or the judge of the county court at law in Nolan County who
is selected by agreement between those two judges;
[(3) one person appointed
by the Nolan County Commissioners Court;
[(4) subject to
Subsection (f), the city manager of Sweetwater or another person appointed
by the Sweetwater City Commission;
[(5) subject to
Subsection (g), the superintendent of the Sweetwater Independent School
District or another person appointed by the board of trustees of the
Sweetwater Independent School District;
[(6) one person appointed
by the Mitchell County Commissioners Court;
[(7) one person appointed
by the Fisher County Commissioners Court;
[(8) the county attorney
of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan County selected by a majority vote of the
county judges of those counties; and
[(9) one person selected
by majority vote of the county judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan
counties, subject to confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of
each of those counties].
(b) The juvenile board
shall elect one of the members as chairman [of the board is the
county judge appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at
meetings scheduled by the board].
(c) The commissioners
courts of the counties may pay
the members of the juvenile board an annual supplemental compensation from
the general fund or any other available fund of the counties. [The
appointed members serve without compensation. Each member serves a
two-year term.]
(d) The juvenile board
shall hold regular meetings on dates set by the board and special meetings
at the call of the chairman. [The Nolan County Commissioners Court,
the Sweetwater City Commission, and the board of trustees of the Sweetwater
Independent School District may agree to provide the funds for the salaries
of the personnel assigned to Nolan County and the other expenses the board
chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile services to
Nolan County. The commissioners court, city council, and board of trustees
shall each provide one-third of the funds.]
(See SECTION 4 below.)
(g) The juvenile board
shall designate the treasurer or auditor of Fisher County, Mitchell County,
or Nolan County to serve as the board's fiscal officer. [The board
member appointed by the Sweetwater Independent School District under
Subsection (a)(5) may be appointed only if that school district agrees to
provide funds for the salaries of the personnel assigned to Nolan County
and other expenses the board chairman certifies as necessary to provide
adequate juvenile services to Nolan County as provided by Subsection (d).]
(h) The juvenile board
shall appoint an advisory council composed of one person from each county.
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SECTION 4. The following
provisions of the Human Resources Code are repealed:
(1) Sections 152.0821(c),
(d), (e), (f), and (g); and
(2) Sections 152.1741(c),
(d), (e), (f), and (g).
(See SECTION 3, Sec.
152.1831(f) above.)
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SECTION 4. The following
provisions of the Human Resources Code are repealed:
(1) Sections 152.0821(c),
(d), (e), (f), and (g);
(2) Sections 152.1741(c),
(d), (e), (f), and (g); and
(3) Section 152.1831(f).
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