This section sets out how the Falls County juvenile board is organized and how it must meet, appoint officers, handle reimbursements, report information, and manage funds.
Sec. 152.0791. FALLS COUNTY. (a) Falls County is part of the Milam, Robertson, Falls Counties Juvenile Board. The juvenile board is composed of the county judges, the district judges in the counties, and the judges of any statutory court in the counties designated as a juvenile court. The board by unanimous vote may appoint five public members to serve on the board. (b) The public members serve staggered terms of not more than two years as determined by the board. (c) The board shall appoint one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each calendar year. (d) The board shall hold biannual meetings on dates set by the board and special meetings at the call of the chairman. (e) Service on a juvenile board by a judge is an additional duty of office. The commissioners courts may pay the judges on the juvenile board an amount that will reasonably compensate them for their added duties. Public members serve without compensation. (f) The counties shall reimburse a juvenile board member for the member's actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the member's duties. (g) The juvenile board shall ensure that the chief juvenile officer and fiscal officer: (1) keep the financial and statistical records and submit reports to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as prescribed by Section 221.007; and (2) submit periodic financial and statistical reports to the commissioners courts. (h) The chief juvenile probation officer shall appoint an appropriate number of qualified juvenile probation officers, assistants, and support personnel with the approval of the board as necessary to perform the chief juvenile probation officer's duties. The chief juvenile probation officer and the personnel appointed under this section may be removed at any time by the appointing authority or by the juvenile board. The chief juvenile probation officer shall recommend to the juvenile board the salaries of and allowances for juvenile probation officers, assistants, and support personnel. The juvenile board shall provide the chief juvenile probation officer and the officer's assistants with transportation or an automobile allowance for use of a personal automobile on official business. (i) A claim for expenses from a person in the juvenile probation department must be made to the board chairman. The chairman shall certify to the fiscal officer the expenses to be paid from state funds and shall certify to the commissioners courts the expenses to be paid from county funds. (j) The chairman of the board shall certify to the commissioners courts an annual request for the expenditure of county funds. The commissioners courts shall act on the request in the same manner as they act on a request from another county office. (k) The board may accept state aid and grants or gifts from other political subdivisions of the state or associations to finance adequate and effective juvenile programs. A municipality may grant and allocate money to the juvenile board to support and maintain effective juvenile services if the municipality's governing body approves the expenditure. Funds received under this subsection shall be administered and kept separately from other public funds. This section does not affect a program of local enrichment of juvenile services funded by a service. (l) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0008, and 152.0009 do not apply to the Milam, Robertson, Falls Counties Juvenile Board. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 3.019, eff. September 1, 2011.