Bill Text: TX SB209 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to juvenile case managers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB209 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB209-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 209

AN ACT
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 [full-time]
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 [the] juvenile case manager from the
juvenile case manager fund.
(e) A juvenile case manager employed under Subsection (c)
shall give priority to [work primarily on] cases brought under
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.
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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.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor