HBA-MPM, JRA C.S.H.B. 2724 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2724
By: Pickett
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
3/28/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the juvenile board of El Paso County is composed of the county
judge, the county's family district court judges and juvenile court judges,
and up to five judges serving on the El Paso Council of Judges.  The Texas
Judicial Council and its Committee on Juvenile Justice Reform/Impact on the
Courts have recommended that the membership of juvenile boards should be
expanded.  They propose that judges from other local courts having
jurisdiction over juveniles should be included on the board in order to
permit all of the courts with jurisdiction over juveniles to work together
to address juvenile crime.  C.S.H.B. 2724 adds to the El Paso County
Juvenile Board (board) a municipal judge of the city of El Paso and a
justice of the peace in El Paso County, both of which are selected by the
chairman of the juvenile board. 

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 Section 152.0771(a), Human Resources Code, to add to the
juvenile board of El Paso County a municipal judge from El Paso and a
justice of the peace in El Paso County, both of which are selected by the
chairman of the juvenile board of El Paso County. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute modifies the original bill in SECTION 1 by modifying
proposed Subdivisions (a)(5) and (6) of Section 152.0771, Human Resources
Code, as follows: 

(5)  Provides that the juvenile board of El Paso County is includes a
municipal judge from El Paso County, selected by the chairman of the
juvenile board of El Paso County, rather than the presiding municipal judge
from that county.  

(6)  Provides that the juvenile board of El Paso County includes a justice
of the peace in El Paso County, selected by the chairman of the juvenile
board of El Paso County, rather than a justice of peace selected by a
majority vote of all justices of peace in the county.