By: Parker 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. Sec. 202.001. Human Resources Code is amended to
read as follows:
COMPOSITION OF BOARD; PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) The board is
composed of the following 7 13 members appointed by the governor
with the advice and consent of the senate:
(1) one member who is either:
(A) a district court judge of a court designated as a
juvenile court;
(B) (2) three members who are members a member of a
county commissioners court; or
(C) (3) one a prosecutor in a juvenile court;.
(2)(4) one 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;
(3)(7) one adolescent mental health treatment professional
licensed under Subtitle B or I, Title 3, Occupations Code;
(4)(8) one educator, as that term is defined by Section
5.001, Education Code; and
(5)(9) three members of the general public.
(b) Members serve staggered six-years terms, with the terms
of four or five members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered
year.
(c) The governor shall designate a member of the board as
the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the
pleasure of the governor.
(d) The governor shall make appointments to the board
without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age,
or national origin of the appointees.
(e) A member appointed under Subsections (a)(1)- or (2) (6)
may not hold office in the same county or judicial district as
another member appointed under those subsections.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect September 1, 2013.