The Van Zandt County Juvenile Board must elect a chairman, hold meetings each year, submit a funding request with required details, and make certain records available. The commissioners courts must pay board members at least $600 a year, and the fiscal officer must deposit received funds in a special account.
Sec. 152.2401. VAN ZANDT COUNTY. (a) The Van Zandt County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the criminal district attorney of Van Zandt County, the judge of the 294th Judicial District, and the judge of the county court at law. (b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at its first regular meeting of each calendar year. (c) The board shall hold meetings each year on dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman. (d) The board may agree to join with the juvenile board of one or more counties to provide services and facilities and to receive and disburse funds under this section. (e) Service on a juvenile board by a judge or the district attorney is an additional duty of office. The commissioners courts shall pay the juvenile board members an annual salary set by the commissioners courts at not less than $600 for the added duties imposed on the members. The salary shall be paid in equal monthly or bimonthly installments from any funds available to the county or to the juvenile board. The salary is in addition to all other compensation provided or allowed by law for criminal district attorneys. (f) The juvenile board shall make the financial and statistical records and reports the board is required to make to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department available to the commissioners court. (g) The board, in a timely manner, shall prepare and submit to the commissioners court for approval an annual request for funding for the board and the juvenile probation department. Each request must include the total of anticipated expenses of the board or for providing juvenile services for the next fiscal year. The request for funding for the juvenile probation department must also be accompanied by an accounting of all available funds from other funding sources. (h) The board may accept aid, grants, and gifts from the state or federal government, other political subdivisions of the state, and associations to finance adequate and effective juvenile probation programs. The fiscal officer shall deposit funds received under this subsection in a special account. (i) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile board of Van Zandt County. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1103 (H.B. 4833), Sec. 15(b), eff. January 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 130, eff. September 1, 2015.