Sec. 152.1131. HENDERSON COUNTY. (a) The juvenile board of Henderson County is composed of:
(1) the county judge;
(2) the judges of the 3rd, 173rd, and 392nd judicial districts;
(3) the judges of the county courts at law; and
(4) the county attorney.
(b) The juvenile board shall elect one of its members as chairman at its first regular meeting of each fiscal year.
(c) The commissioners court shall pay the 173rd and 392nd district judges and the county court at law judges an amount set by the commissioners court at not less than $750 a month and shall pay the 3rd district judge an amount set by the commissioners court at not less than one-third of the amount paid to the 173rd or 392nd district judge or the county court at law judges. The commissioners court shall pay the other juvenile board members an amount set by the commissioners court at not less than $250 a month. The compensation is in addition to other compensation provided or allowed by law.
(d) The county attorney shall file, prosecute, and try on behalf of the state all juvenile cases in the juvenile court. A district attorney with jurisdiction in Henderson County shall act for the county attorney at the request of the juvenile court judge if the county attorney is ill or unable to perform his duties.
(e) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008(a) do not apply to the juvenile board of Henderson County.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 332, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 377, Sec. 3(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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