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Matched Legal Cases: ['§262', '§31', '§17', '§152', '§152', '§76', '§158', '§158', '§158', '§152', '§152']

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Purchasing Board Elections Commission Bail Bond Board Board of District Judges Council of Judges Sherrif's Office Civil Service Commission Juvenile Board PURCHASING BOARD The Fort Bend County Purchasing Board is composed of three District Judges and two members of the Commissioners Court. Each member of the board is selected by majority vote of their respective body. Duties are as follows:
Appoints a suitable person to act as the County Purchasing Agent; Removes the County Purchasing Agent from office, if necessary; Sets the salary of the County Purchasing Agent; Approves personnel, equipment, supplies, and traveling expenses through the County’s annual budget process; and Receives an annual inventory of all the property on hand and belonging to the County and each subdivision, officer, and employee of the County. Local Government Code §262.011
ELECTIONS COMMISSION Members of the Fort Bend County Election Commission include:
the County Judge, as chair; the County Clerk, as vice chair; the County Tax Assessor-Collector, as secretary; and the County Chair of each political party. The Election Commission is the proper authority to:
Appoint the Elections Administrator; Accept the resignation of the Elections Administrator; and Terminate the Elections Administrator with a four-fifths vote of the Commission and approval of the action by a majority vote of the Commissioners Court Election Code §31.032, 31.036, 31.037 and 31.038
BAIL BOND BOARD Definition: “Bail” is the security given by the accused that he will appear and answer before the proper court the accusation brought against him, and includes a bail bond or a personal bond. Code of Criminal Procedure §17.01
Sheriff; One District Judge; District Attorney; District Clerk; County Judge or designee approved by Commissioners Court; One County Court at Law Judge approved by Commissioners Court; County Clerk; One Justice of the Peace; County Treasurer; Presiding Judge of a municipal court in the county appointed by the Bail Bond Board; Presiding Judge in the municipal court system of the County's principal municipality; Representative elected by the licensed surety holders or corporate agents; and Representative elected by the local criminal defense attorneys practicing in the county. Meetings of the Bail Bond Board are held monthly and the chairman is elected by the Board.
Administrative Authority of the Bail Bond Boards shall: Exercise powers incidental or necessary to the administration of this statute; Deposit fees collected under this chapter in the general fund of the County; Supervise and regulate each phase of the bonding business in the County; Adopt and post rules necessary to implement this chapter; Conduct hearings and investigations and make determinations relating to the issuance, denial, or renewal of licenses; Issue licenses to qualified applicants; Deny licenses to unqualified applicants; Employ persons necessary to assist in board functions; and Conduct board business, including maintaining records and minutes.
BOARD OF DISTRICT JUDGES Board of District Judge is composed of all district judges having jurisdiction in the County, currently there are six. A majority vote of the district judges (Board of District Judges) is required to perform an act required or permitted of the district judges unless the law specifically provides otherwise.
Approve the Auditor’s bond which is payable to the District Judges; Remove the Auditor from office and appoint a successor if, after investigation by the district judges, it is proven that the auditor: (1) has committed official misconduct; or (2) is incompetent to faithfully discharge the duties of the office; and Set the salary of the County Auditor; and Set the number and types of positions (called Assistant Auditors) within the Auditors office; Appoint qualified Assistant Auditors and set their salaries; and Certify this list of Assistant Auditors and send annually to the Commissioners Court. Local Government Code, Chapter 84
Appoint an administrator and other assistants to serve two-year terms; Determine the duties of the administrator and assistants and set their salaries; Receive the quarterly audit of the records from the County Auditor; and Human Resources Code §152.0853
Administer the funds generated from the Child Support Service Fee and with the approval of Commissioners Court use the funds to assist in paying the salaries and expenses of the Child Support Office. Human Resource Code §152.0852
COUNCIL OF JUDGES The Council of Judges is composed of the District Judges and the County Court-at-Law Judges.
Establish a Community Supervision and Corrections Department (CSCD); Approve the budget for CSCD; Approve the Community Justice Plan; Appoint a department director; and Appoint a fiscal officer. Government Code §76.002
SHERIFF'S OFFICE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION As required by §158.033(a), a petition was presented to the Fort Bend County Judge on September 1, 2011. The petition and signers were validated by the Fort Bend County Elections Office on September 6, 2011. The petition was completed by 516 of the 718 Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office employees, or 71.9 percent.
As required by §158.034(a), a majority ( 99.1 % ) – 565 of the 570 employees – voting at the election approved the creation of a sheriff’s department civil service system. This resulted in the formal establishment of the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Civil Service Commission.
Otoniel Cantu, Ph.D.
In accordance with the procedure outlined in §158.034(c)(2), Commissioner Cantu was appointed for a term of one year, and Commissioners Taylor and Slavinski were each appointed for a term of two years. The terms of all three Commissioners shall commence on February 15, 2012.
JUVENILE BOARD Juvenile board is a body established by law to provide juvenile probation services to a county.
The Juvenile Board of Fort Bend County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Fort Bend County, and the judge of each county court at law. The Fort Bend County Juvenile Board by majority vote shall annually elect one of its members as chairman. Human Resource Code §152.0851
Establish a Juvenile Probation and Detention Department and employ a Chief Probation Officer who meets the standards set by the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; Adopt a budget for Juvenile Probation and Detention Department including both county sources and state aid. (The Commissioners court shall review and consider only the amount of county funds derived from county taxes, fees, and other county sources in the budget and may not review any part of the budget derived from state funds); Establish policies, including financial policies, for juvenile services within the jurisdiction of the Board; and Adopt all or part of the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission's minimum standards for assessment of a child under the Human Resources Code, Section 141.042. Human Resource Code §152.0007
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