HBA-SEB H.B. 1723 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1723
By: Lengefeld
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
3/11/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Section 152.0241, Human Resources Code, currently sets out three separate
juvenile boards for Bosque, Comanche, and Hamilton counties.  These three
counties compose the 220th Judicial District and share a single district
judge.  The administration of the juvenile program is now being conducted
jointly; the three counties are represented by their respective county
judges who work in conjunction with the 220th district judge.  H.B. 1723
modifies the statute to conform with actual practice by creating a single
juvenile board (board) for the three counties, setting forth the membership
of the board, and providing for compensation of the board members.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 152.0241(a), (c), and (d), Human Resources
Code, as follows: 

(a)  Provides that Bosque County is included in the Bosque, Comanche, and
Hamilton counties juvenile board (juvenile board).  Establishes that the
juvenile board is composed of the county judge in each of the three
counties and the 220th Judicial District judge.  Makes conforming changes. 

(c)  Requires, rather than authorizes, the commissioners court to pay the
members of the juvenile board additional annual compensation set by the
commissioners court at not less than the amount paid to a board member
under this section (Bosque County) on October 1, 1998.  Makes a conforming
change. 

(d)  Provides that Section 152.0008(a) (regarding the appointment of
personnel by the chief juvenile probation officer) does not apply to the
juvenile board of Bosque County.  Deletes existing text which states that
Sections 152.0003 (Compensation) and 152.0005 (Expenses of Board Members
and Juvenile Court) do not apply to the juvenile board of Bosque County. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Sections 152.0531(a), (c), and (d), Human Resources
Code, to include Comanche County in the juvenile board.  Makes conforming
changes. 

SECTION 3.  Amends Sections 152.1031(a), (c), and (d), Human Resources
Code, to include Hamilton County in the juvenile board.  Makes conforming
changes. 

SECTION 4.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.