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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 10. JUVENILE BOARDS, JUVENILE PROBATION DEPARTMENTS, AND FAMILY SERVICES OFFICES |
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Subtitle B. JUVENILE BOARDS AND FAMILY SERVICES OFFICES |
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Chapter 152. JUVENILE BOARDS |
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Subchapter D. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC COUNTIES |
Sec. 152.1741. MITCHELL COUNTY
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(a) Mitchell County is included in the 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) The chairman of the board is the county judge appointed under Subsection (a)(1). The chairman presides at meetings scheduled by the board.
(c) The appointed members serve without compensation. Each member serves a two-year term.
(d) The Mitchell County Commissioners Court shall pay from the county general fund the salaries of the personnel assigned to Mitchell County and the other expenses certified by the board chairman as necessary to provide juvenile services in the county.
(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0003, 152.0004, and 152.0005 do not apply to the juvenile board in Fisher, Mitchell, and Nolan counties.
(f) The board member appointed by the Sweetwater City Commission under Subsection (a)(4) may be appointed only if the City of Sweetwater 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 Section 152.1831(d).
(g) 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 Section 152.1831(d).