TITLE: Relating to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board.

SUMMARY: Relating to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 152.0821(a) and (b), Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) Fisher County is included in the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of: [(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) Section 152.1831 applies to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board. [The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at meetings scheduled by the board.] SECTION 2. Sections 152.1741(a) and (b), Human Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) Mitchell County is included in the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of: [(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 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) Section 152.1831 applies to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board. [The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at meetings scheduled by the board.] 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.] (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. 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). SECTION 5. This Act takes effect October 1, 2017.