Bill Text: TX SB209 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to juvenile case managers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB209 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB209-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 209 | ||
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| relating to juvenile case managers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsections (c), (d), and (e) and adding | ||
| Subsections (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A county or justice court on approval of the | ||
| commissioners court or a municipality or municipal court on | ||
| approval of the city council may employ one or more [ |
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| juvenile case managers to assist the court in administering the | ||
| court's juvenile docket and in supervising its court orders in | ||
| juvenile cases. | ||
| (d) Pursuant to Article 102.0174, the court may pay the | ||
| salary and benefits of a [ |
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| juvenile case manager fund. | ||
| (e) A juvenile case manager employed under Subsection (c) | ||
| shall give priority to [ |
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| Sections 25.093 and 25.094, Education Code. | ||
| (f) The juvenile case manager shall timely report to the | ||
| judge who signed the order or judgment and, on request, to the judge | ||
| assigned to the case or the presiding judge any information or | ||
| recommendations relevant to assisting the judge in making decisions | ||
| that are in the best interest of the child. | ||
| (g) The judge who is assigned to the case shall consult with | ||
| the juvenile case manager who is supervising the case regarding: | ||
| (1) the child's home environment; | ||
| (2) the child's developmental, psychological, and | ||
| educational status; | ||
| (3) the child's previous interaction with the justice | ||
| system; and | ||
| (4) any sanctions available to the court that would be | ||
| in the best interest of the child. | ||
| (h) Subsections (f) and (g) do not apply to: | ||
| (1) a part-time judge; or | ||
| (2) a county judge of a county court that has one or | ||
| more appointed full-time magistrates under Section 54.1172, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Article | ||
| 45.056, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply to a juvenile case | ||
| manager employed on or after the effective date of this Act, | ||
| regardless of whether the juvenile case manager began that | ||
| employment before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 209 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 209 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, | ||
| Nays 1, one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
