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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HUMAN RESOURCES CODE |
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Title 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES |
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Subtitle A. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD AND TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT |
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Chapter 202. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS |
Sec. 202.001. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; PRESIDING OFFICER
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(a) The board is composed of the following 13 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate:
(1) one member who is a district court judge of a court designated as a juvenile court;
(2) three members who are members of a county commissioners court;
(3) one prosecutor in juvenile court;
(4) one chief juvenile probation officer of a juvenile probation department serving a county with a population that includes fewer than 7,500 persons younger than 18 years of age;
(5) one chief juvenile probation officer of a juvenile probation department serving a county with a population that includes at least 7,500 but fewer than 80,000 persons younger than 18 years of age;
(6) one chief juvenile probation officer of a juvenile probation department serving a county with a population that includes 80,000 or more persons younger than 18 years of age;
(7) one adolescent mental health treatment professional licensed under Subtitle B or I, Title 3, Occupations Code;
(8) one educator, as that term is defined by Section 5.001, Education Code; and
(9) three members of the general public.
(b) Members serve staggered six-year terms, with the terms of four or five members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(c) The governor shall designate a member of the board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the governor.
(d) The governor shall make appointments to the board without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
(e) A member appointed under Subsections (a)(1)-(6) may not hold office in the same county or judicial district as another member appointed under those subsections.