H.B. No. 4280
AN ACT
relating to the 32nd Judicial District Juvenile Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 152.0821(a) and (b), Human Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Fisher County is included in the 32nd Judicial District
Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties juvenile
board. The juvenile board is composed of:
[(1) a county judge from Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
County elected by a majority vote of the county judges from those
counties;
[(2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by agreement
between those two judges;
[(3) one person appointed by the Nolan County
Commissioners Court;
[(4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
Sweetwater or another person appointed by the Sweetwater City
Commission;
[(5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person
appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater Independent
School District;
[(6) one person appointed by the Mitchell County
Commissioners Court;
[(7) one person appointed by the Fisher County
Commissioners Court;
[(8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
County selected by a majority vote of the county judges of those
counties; and
[(9) one person selected by majority vote of the
county judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
counties].
(b) Section 152.1831 applies to the 32nd Judicial District
Juvenile Board. [The chairman of the board is the county judge
appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at
meetings scheduled by the board.]
SECTION 2. Sections 152.1741(a) and (b), Human Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) Mitchell County is included in the 32nd Judicial
District Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties
juvenile board. The juvenile board is composed of:
[(1) a county judge from Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
County elected by a majority vote of the county judges from those
counties;
[(2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by agreement
between those two judges;
[(3) one person appointed by the Nolan County
Commissioners Court;
[(4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
Sweetwater or another person appointed by the Sweetwater City
Commission;
[(5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person
appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater Independent
School District;
[(6) one person appointed by the Mitchell County
Commissioners Court;
[(7) one person appointed by the Fisher County
Commissioners Court;
[(8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
County selected by majority vote of the county judges of those
counties; and
[(9) one person selected by majority vote of the
county judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
counties].
(b) Section 152.1831 applies to the 32nd Judicial District
Juvenile Board. [The chairman of the board is the county judge
appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at
meetings scheduled by the board.]
SECTION 3. Section 152.1831, Human Resources Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (g) and
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(a) Nolan County is included in the 32nd Judicial District
Juvenile Board [Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties juvenile
board]. The juvenile board is composed of the county judges,
statutory county judges, and district judges in Fisher, Mitchell,
and Nolan Counties[:
[(1) a county judge from Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
County elected by a majority vote of the county judges from those
counties;
[(2) the 32nd Judicial District judge or the judge of
the county court at law in Nolan County who is selected by agreement
between those two judges;
[(3) one person appointed by the Nolan County
Commissioners Court;
[(4) subject to Subsection (f), the city manager of
Sweetwater or another person appointed by the Sweetwater City
Commission;
[(5) subject to Subsection (g), the superintendent of
the Sweetwater Independent School District or another person
appointed by the board of trustees of the Sweetwater Independent
School District;
[(6) one person appointed by the Mitchell County
Commissioners Court;
[(7) one person appointed by the Fisher County
Commissioners Court;
[(8) the county attorney of Fisher, Mitchell, or Nolan
County selected by a majority vote of the county judges of those
counties; and
[(9) one person selected by majority vote of the
county judges of Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties, subject to
confirmation by a vote of the commissioners courts of each of those
counties].
(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of the members as
chairman [of the board is the county judge appointed under
Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at meetings scheduled by
the board].
(c) The commissioners courts of the counties may pay the
members of the juvenile board an annual supplemental compensation
from the general fund or any other available fund of the counties.
[The appointed members serve without compensation. Each member
serves a two-year term.]
(d) The juvenile board shall hold regular meetings on dates
set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman.
[The Nolan County Commissioners Court, the Sweetwater City
Commission, and the board of trustees of the Sweetwater Independent
School District may agree to provide the funds for the salaries of
the personnel assigned to Nolan County and the other expenses the
board chairman certifies as necessary to provide adequate juvenile
services to Nolan County. The commissioners court, city council,
and board of trustees shall each provide one-third of the funds.]
(g) The juvenile board shall designate the treasurer or
auditor of Fisher County, Mitchell County, or Nolan County to serve
as the board's fiscal officer. [The board member appointed by the
Sweetwater Independent School District under Subsection (a)(5) may
be appointed only if that school district agrees to provide funds
for the salaries of the personnel assigned to Nolan County and other
expenses the board chairman certifies as necessary to provide
adequate juvenile services to Nolan County as provided by
Subsection (d).]
(h) The juvenile board shall appoint an advisory council
composed of one person from each county.
SECTION 4. The following provisions of the Human Resources
Code are repealed:
(1) Sections 152.0821(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g);
(2) Sections 152.1741(c), (d), (e), (f), and (g); and
(3) Section 152.1831(f).
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect October 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4280 was passed by the House on May 2,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4280 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor