| 1 | 1 | | By: Fraser S.B. No. 1322 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Hilderbran) |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the operation of the Kimble County, McCulloch County, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mason County, and Menard County Juvenile Boards. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 152.1401, Human Resources Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (f) The Kimble County Juvenile Board and the juvenile boards |
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| 13 | 13 | | of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity |
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| 14 | 14 | | to Kimble County may agree to operate together. Juvenile boards |
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| 15 | 15 | | operating together may appoint one fiscal officer to receive and |
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| 16 | 16 | | disburse funds for the boards. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 152.1601, Human Resources Code, is |
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| 18 | 18 | | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (f) The McCulloch County Juvenile Board and the juvenile |
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| 20 | 20 | | boards of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close |
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| 21 | 21 | | proximity to McCulloch County may agree to operate together. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Juvenile boards operating together may appoint one fiscal officer |
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| 23 | 23 | | to receive and disburse funds for the boards. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. Section 152.1661, Human Resources Code, is |
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| 25 | 25 | | amended by amending Subsections (b), (c), and (d) and adding |
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| 26 | 26 | | Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as |
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| 28 | 28 | | [court judge is the] chairman [of the board and its chief |
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| 29 | 29 | | administrative officer]. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (c) The commissioners court shall [may] pay the juvenile |
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| 31 | 31 | | board members an annual salary of not less than $600, payable [set |
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| 32 | 32 | | by the commissioners court at not more than $1,200 as compensation |
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| 33 | 33 | | for the added duties imposed on the members. The salary shall be |
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| 34 | 34 | | paid] in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any |
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| 35 | 35 | | other available fund of the county. The commissioners court may |
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| 36 | 36 | | increase the compensation at any time. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (d) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005(b) [152.0005], |
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| 38 | 38 | | and 152.0006[, 152.0007, and 152.0008] do not apply to the juvenile |
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| 39 | 39 | | board of Mason County. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (e) The juvenile board shall hold regular annual meetings on |
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| 41 | 41 | | dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | chairman. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (f) The Mason County Juvenile Board and the juvenile boards |
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| 44 | 44 | | of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity |
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| 45 | 45 | | to Mason County may agree to operate together. Juvenile boards |
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| 46 | 46 | | operating together may appoint one fiscal officer to receive and |
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| 47 | 47 | | disburse funds for the boards. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 4. Section 152.1701, Human Resources Code, is |
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| 49 | 49 | | amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (f) The Menard County Juvenile Board and the juvenile boards |
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| 51 | 51 | | of one or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity |
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| 52 | 52 | | to Menard County may agree to operate together. Juvenile boards |
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| 53 | 53 | | operating together may appoint one fiscal officer to receive and |
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| 54 | 54 | | disburse funds for the boards. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 56 | 56 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 57 | 57 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 58 | 58 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 59 | 59 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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