| 1 | 1 | | 83R18360 KKR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Parker H.B. No. 2443 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2443: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Rose C.S.H.B. No. 2443 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the composition of the Texas Juvenile Justice Board. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Sections 202.001(a), (b), and (e), Human |
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| 12 | 12 | | Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) The board is composed of the following nine [13] members |
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| 14 | 14 | | appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) one member who is a district court judge of a court |
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| 16 | 16 | | designated as a juvenile court; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) one member who is a member [three members who are |
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| 18 | 18 | | members] of a county commissioners court; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) one member who is a prosecutor in a juvenile court; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) one member who is a chief juvenile probation |
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| 21 | 21 | | officer of a juvenile probation department [serving a county with a |
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| 22 | 22 | | population that includes fewer than 7,500 persons younger than 18 |
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| 23 | 23 | | years of age]; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (5) [one chief juvenile probation officer of a |
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| 25 | 25 | | juvenile probation department serving a county with a population |
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| 26 | 26 | | that includes at least 7,500 but fewer than 80,000 persons younger |
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| 27 | 27 | | than 18 years of age; |
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| 28 | 28 | | [(6) one chief juvenile probation officer of a |
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| 29 | 29 | | juvenile probation department serving a county with a population |
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| 30 | 30 | | that includes 80,000 or more persons younger than 18 years of age; |
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| 31 | 31 | | [(7)] one adolescent mental health treatment |
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| 32 | 32 | | professional licensed under Subtitle B or I, Title 3, Occupations |
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| 33 | 33 | | Code; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (6) [(8)] one educator, as that term is defined by |
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| 35 | 35 | | Section 5.001, Education Code; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (7) [(9)] three members of the general public. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) Members serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms |
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| 38 | 38 | | of three [four or five] members expiring on February 1 of each |
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| 39 | 39 | | odd-numbered year. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (e) A member appointed under this section [Subsections |
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| 41 | 41 | | (a)(1)-(6)] may not hold office in the same county or judicial |
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| 42 | 42 | | district or reside in the same political subdivision as another |
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| 43 | 43 | | member [appointed under those subsections]. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 202.001(a), |
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| 45 | 45 | | Human Resources Code, as amended by this Act, regarding the |
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| 46 | 46 | | composition of members of the Texas Juvenile Justice Board does not |
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| 47 | 47 | | affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately |
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| 48 | 48 | | before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve as a |
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| 49 | 49 | | member of the board for the remainder of the member's term. On |
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| 50 | 50 | | expiration of a term of a director appointed under Section |
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| 51 | 51 | | 202.001(a)(2), Human Resources Code, as that subdivision existed |
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| 52 | 52 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, the director's |
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| 53 | 53 | | position is abolished until the number of directors appointed under |
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| 54 | 54 | | that subdivision is one. On expiration of a term of a director |
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| 55 | 55 | | appointed under Sections 202.001(a)(4)-(6), Human Resources Code, |
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| 56 | 56 | | as those subdivisions existed immediately before the effective date |
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| 57 | 57 | | of this Act, the director's position is abolished until the number |
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| 58 | 58 | | of directors appointed under those subdivisions is one. As the |
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| 59 | 59 | | terms of board members expire, for each position that is not |
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| 60 | 60 | | abolished the governor shall appoint or reappoint a member who has |
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| 61 | 61 | | the required experience until the composition of the board meets |
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| 62 | 62 | | the requirements under Section 202.001(a), Human Resources Code, as |
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| 63 | 63 | | amended by this Act. An initial appointment under this section to |
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| 64 | 64 | | replace a director whose term expires but whose position is not |
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| 65 | 65 | | abolished may be for a term of two or four years to achieve the |
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| 66 | 66 | | staggering of terms under Section 202.001(b), Human Resources Code, |
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| 67 | 67 | | as amended by this Act. |
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| 68 | 68 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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