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| 1 | 1 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 54 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the supervision of certain juvenile case managers. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Article 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (f) The judge of a court that employs a juvenile case | |
| 11 | 11 | manager under Subsection (a) or (c) shall supervise the juvenile | |
| 12 | 12 | case manager, except that the judge may delegate that duty to | |
| 13 | 13 | another officer of the court who is authorized to conduct hearings | |
| 14 | 14 | under Title 3, Family Code. The judge may not delegate that duty to | |
| 15 | 15 | the clerk of the court. This subsection does not apply to: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) a part-time judge; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) a county court for which the county judge has | |
| 18 | 18 | appointed one or more full-time magistrates under Section 54.1172, | |
| 19 | 19 | Government Code. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Article 45.056, Code of Criminal | |
| 21 | 21 | Procedure, as added by this Act, applies to the supervision of a | |
| 22 | 22 | juvenile case manager employed by a court on or after the effective | |
| 23 | 23 | date of this Act, regardless of whether the juvenile case manager | |
| 24 | 24 | began that employment before, on, or after the effective date of | |
| 25 | 25 | this Act. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |