83R18360 KKR-D
By: Parker H.B. No. 2443
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2443:
By: Rose C.S.H.B. No. 2443
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Texas Juvenile Justice Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 202.001(a), (b), and (e), Human
Resources Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The board is composed of the following nine [13] members
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate:
(1) one member who is a district court judge of a court
designated as a juvenile court;
(2) one member who is a member [three members who are
members] of a county commissioners court;
(3) one member who is a prosecutor in a juvenile court;
(4) one member who is a chief juvenile probation
officer of a juvenile probation department [serving a county with a
population that includes fewer than 7,500 persons younger than 18
years of age];
(5) [one chief juvenile probation officer of a
juvenile probation department serving a county with a population
that includes at least 7,500 but fewer than 80,000 persons younger
than 18 years of age;
[(6) one chief juvenile probation officer of a
juvenile probation department serving a county with a population
that includes 80,000 or more persons younger than 18 years of age;
[(7)] one adolescent mental health treatment
professional licensed under Subtitle B or I, Title 3, Occupations
Code;
(6) [(8)] one educator, as that term is defined by
Section 5.001, Education Code; and
(7) [(9)] three members of the general public.
(b) Members serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms
of three [four or five] members expiring on February 1 of each
odd-numbered year.
(e) A member appointed under this section [Subsections
(a)(1)-(6)] may not hold office in the same county or judicial
district or reside in the same political subdivision as another
member [appointed under those subsections].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 202.001(a),
Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act, regarding the
composition of members of the Texas Juvenile Justice Board does not
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately
before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve as a
member of the board for the remainder of the member's term. On
expiration of a term of a director appointed under Section
202.001(a)(2), Human Resources Code, as that subdivision existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, the director's
position is abolished until the number of directors appointed under
that subdivision is one. On expiration of a term of a director
appointed under Sections 202.001(a)(4)-(6), Human Resources Code,
as those subdivisions existed immediately before the effective date
of this Act, the director's position is abolished until the number
of directors appointed under those subdivisions is one. As the
terms of board members expire, for each position that is not
abolished the governor shall appoint or reappoint a member who has
the required experience until the composition of the board meets
the requirements under Section 202.001(a), Human Resources Code, as
amended by this Act. An initial appointment under this section to
replace a director whose term expires but whose position is not
abolished may be for a term of two or four years to achieve the
staggering of terms under Section 202.001(b), Human Resources Code,
as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.