Sec. 152.1591. LYNN COUNTY    


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  • (a) The Lynn County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Lynn County, and the judge of each statutory court designated as a juvenile court. The juvenile court judge may appoint three public members to serve on the board for a term set by the judge.

    (b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each year.

    (c) The juvenile board shall hold regular annual meetings each year on dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman.

    (d) The commissioners court shall pay the judges on the board an annual salary set by the commissioners court at not more than $1,200, payable in equal monthly installments from the general fund of the county. The public members serve without compensation.

    (e) The commissioners court shall pay the salaries and allowances of juvenile probation personnel and other expenses certified as necessary by the board chairman and approved by the commissioners court from the general funds of the county.

    (f) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, and 152.0005(b) do not apply to the juvenile board of Lynn County.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.