Title HR, Human Resources Code

Sec. 152.0004. GENERAL EXPENSES. The commissioners court shall pay the salaries of juvenile probation personnel and other expenses certified as necessary by the juvenile board chairman from the general funds of the county. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept…

Sec. 152.0005. EXPENSES OF BOARD MEMBERS AND JUVENILE COURT. (a) The commissioners court shall reimburse a juvenile board member for the member's reasonable and necessary job-related expenses. Reimbursable expenses include travel, lodging, training, and educational activities. (b…

Sec. 152.0006. FISCAL OFFICER. The juvenile board shall designate a person as the board's fiscal officer. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0007. DUTIES. (a) The juvenile board shall: (1) establish a juvenile probation department and employ a chief probation officer who meets the standards set by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and (2) adopt a budget and establish policies, including financial policie…

Sec. 152.0008. PERSONNEL. (a) The chief juvenile probation officer may, within the budget adopted by the board, employ: (1) assistant officers who meet the standards set by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; and (2) other necessary personnel. (b) Juvenile probation officers s…

Sec. 152.0009. TRANSPORTATION. (a) This section applies only in a county with a population of 190,000 or less. (b) The commissioners court may provide each juvenile probation officer with an automobile for use on official business and provide an allowance for operating the automo…

Sec. 152.0010. ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) A juvenile board may appoint an advisory council consisting of the number of citizen members determined appropriate by the board. To the extent available in the county, the advisory council may include: (1) a prosecuting attorney as defined by…

Sec. 152.0011. LOCAL YOUTH BOOT CAMPS; CONTRACTS WITH PRIVATE VENDORS. (a) The juvenile board or local juvenile probation department may establish a youth boot camp and employ necessary personnel to operate the camp. (b) The juvenile board or local juvenile probation department m…

Sec. 152.0012. BUDGET. The juvenile board shall prepare a budget for the juvenile probation department and the other facilities and programs under the jurisdiction of the juvenile board. The commissioners court shall review and consider only the amount of county funds derived fro…

Sec. 152.0013. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY. (a) A member of a juvenile board is not liable for damages arising from an act or omission committed while performing duties as a board member. (b) This section does not apply if the act or omission is: (1) reckless or intentional; (2) done…

Sec. 152.0014. INDEMNIFICATION BY STATE. The state shall indemnify a juvenile board member in the same manner and under the same conditions that it indemnifies an officer of a state agency under Chapter 104, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 709…

Sec. 152.00145. DIVERSION AND DETENTION POLICY FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. (a) In this section, "general residential operation" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002. (b) A juvenile board shall establish policies that prioritize: (1) the diversion from referral to a prosecuting a…

Sec. 152.0015. PRETRIAL DETENTION POLICY FOR CERTAIN JUVENILES. A juvenile board shall establish a policy that specifies whether a person who has been transferred for criminal prosecution under Section 54.02, Family Code, and is younger than 17 years of age may be detained in a j…

Sec. 152.00161. TERMINATION OF CONTROL. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), if a person is committed to a post-adjudication secure correctional facility under a determinate sentence under Section 54.04011(c)(2), Family Code, the juvenile board or local juvenile pro…

Sec. 152.00162. DETERMINATE SENTENCE PAROLE. (a) Not later than the 90th day before the date the juvenile board or local juvenile probation department transfers a person to the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for release on parole supervision under Section 152…

Sec. 152.00163. CHILD WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY. (a) A juvenile board or local juvenile probation department shall accept a child with a mental illness or an intellectual disability who is committed to the custody of the board or department. (b) Unless a chil…

Sec. 152.00164. EXAMINATION BEFORE DISCHARGE. (a) A juvenile board or local juvenile probation department shall establish a system that identifies children with mental illnesses or intellectual disabilities who are in the custody of the juvenile board or local juvenile probation …

Sec. 152.00165. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN CHILDREN SERVING DETERMINATE SENTENCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) A juvenile board or local juvenile probation department may petition the juvenile court that entered the order of commitment for a child for the initiation of mental health …

Sec. 152.0017. TRAFFICKED PERSONS PROGRAM. (a) A juvenile board may establish a trafficked persons program under this section for the assistance, treatment, and rehabilitation of children who: (1) are alleged to have engaged in or adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent condu…

Sec. 152.0031. APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, this subchapter does not apply to a county that is served by a juvenile board created under Subchapter C or D. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: A…

Sec. 152.0032. COMPOSITION OF JUVENILE BOARD. (a) The juvenile board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in the county, and the judges of any statutory courts designated as a juvenile court in the county. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the juvenile board of …

Sec. 152.0033. CHAIRMAN. The juvenile board shall select one of its members to act as chairman. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0034. COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS. (a) Service on a juvenile board by a judge is an additional duty of office. (b) The commissioners court may reasonably compensate each member of the juvenile board for the member's additional duties. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch.…

Sec. 152.0035. EXPENSES OF BOARD MEMBERS. The county shall reimburse a juvenile board member for the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing official duties on the board. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0036. JOINT OPERATION. (a) The juvenile boards of two or more counties that are adjacent to or in close proximity to each other may agree to operate together. (b) Juvenile boards operating together may appoint one fiscal officer to receive and disburse funds for the boar…

Sec. 152.0037. FUNDS. (a) The board may accept state aid and grants or gifts from other political subdivisions of the state or associations for the sole purpose of financing adequate and effective probation programs. (b) A municipality may grant and allocate money to the county g…

Sec. 152.0038. SALARIES AND EXPENSES. (a) The juvenile board shall pay the salaries of juvenile probation department personnel and other expenses required to provide adequate services to children from the juvenile board fund to the extent of the state aid received in the fund. (b…

Sec. 152.0039. TRANSPORTATION. The juvenile board shall provide the juvenile probation officers with transportation or an automobile allowance for use of a personal automobile on official business. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0040. APPLICATION OF GENERAL JUVENILE BOARD PROVISIONS. Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, and 152.0009 do not apply to a juvenile board operating under this subchapter. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. SUBCHAPTER C. COUNTY JUVENILE…

Sec. 152.0051. COMPOSITION OF JUVENILE BOARD. The juvenile board of a county that has a family district court is composed of: (1) the county judge; (2) the judge of each family district court; (3) the judge of each other district court in the county; and (4) the judge of each oth…

Sec. 152.0052. CHAIRMAN. The members of the juvenile board shall select a family district court judge to serve as chairman of the board unless the county has only one family district court judge. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0053. COMPENSATION. The commissioners court may compensate each juvenile board member for the member's duties performed on the juvenile board. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0054. PROVISION OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES. The commissioners court shall provide the physical facilities necessary to operate the juvenile board on the board's recommendation. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.

Sec. 152.0055. EFFECT ON CERTAIN JUVENILE BOARDS. This subchapter does not affect the composition or organization of a juvenile board existing on September 1, 1977. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. SUBCHAPTER D. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SPECIFIC…

Sec. 152.0071. ANDERSON COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Anderson County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Anderson County, and the criminal district attorney of Anderson County. The commissioners court by order may add to the board the judge of the county …

Sec. 152.0081. ANDREWS COUNTY. (a) The Andrews County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Andrews County, and the county attorney of Andrews County. (b) The judge of the juvenile court is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative of…

Sec. 152.0091. ANGELINA COUNTY. (a) The Angelina County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the judges of the statutory county courts, and the district judges in Angelina County. (b) The juvenile court judge is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative of…

Sec. 152.0101. ARANSAS COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Aransas County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Aransas County, and the judge of the county court at law. (b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation …

Sec. 152.0131. ATASCOSA COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Atascosa County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Atascosa County, and the judge of the County Court at Law of Atascosa County. (b) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members additio…

Sec. 152.0141. AUSTIN COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Austin County is composed of the county judge, the judges of the statutory county courts, and a judge of a district court in Austin County as determined by the commissioners court. (b) The commissioners court may pay the juv…

Sec. 152.0151. BAILEY COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Bailey and Parmer counties is composed of the county judge, the district judges in the counties, and the judge of each statutory court designated as a juvenile court in the counties. (b) The juvenile board shall elect one of…

Sec. 152.0161. BANDERA COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Bandera County is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Bandera County. (b) The commissioners court shall pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation set by the commissioners court at not…

Sec. 152.0181. BAYLOR COUNTY. (a) Baylor County is included in the 50th Judicial District Juvenile Board. The juvenile board is composed of the judge of the 50th Judicial District and the county judge of each county in the judicial district. The juvenile court judge may designate…

Sec. 152.0191. BEE COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Bee County is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Bee County, and the judge of the 2nd Multicounty Court at Law. (b) The commissioners court may pay the juvenile board members additional annual compensation in …

Sec. 152.0201. BELL COUNTY. (a) The Bell County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Bell County, and the judge of each county court at law in the county. (b) The county judge is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer. (c)…

Sec. 152.0211. BEXAR COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Bexar County is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Bexar County. (b) The commissioners court shall pay the county judge additional annual compensation of $4,500. The county commissioners court shall pay t…