Texas Human Resources Code 152.0008 – Personnel
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(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 serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 152.0008
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.