Texas Human Resources Code 152.0421 – Chambers County
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(a) The Chambers County Juvenile Board is composed of the county judge, the district judges in Chambers County, and the judge of any statutory county court designated as a juvenile court.
(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at the beginning of each calendar year.
Terms Used In Texas Human Resources Code 152.0421
- Chambers: A judge's office.
- 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.
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Service on the juvenile board is an additional duty of office. The commissioners court may pay the members of the juvenile board additional annual compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court for the added duties imposed on the members. The compensation is payable in equal monthly installments out of the general fund of the county.
(d) If approved by the juvenile board, the commissioners court shall reimburse the juvenile court judge for the judge’s actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending seminars and other educational or instructional meetings relating to juvenile problems.
(e) The commissioners court shall provide the funds for the salaries of the juvenile probation officers in the amount set by the juvenile board.
(f) The commissioners court shall pay the expenses of the juvenile probation officers certified as necessary by the juvenile board chairman from the general fund of the county and in the amount set by the juvenile board.
(g) Sections 152.0004 and 152.0005(b) do not apply to the juvenile board of Chambers County.