HBA-MPA H.B. 1082 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1082
By: Bosse
Juvenile Justice and Family Issues
3/3/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, thousands of juvenile cases are filed each year with the 16
justice courts of Harris County. There has been an informal agreement over
the last two years among the three juvenile district courts and the 16
justice courts on how to distribute cases.  Because the justice courts have
been heavily impacted by the juvenile crime cases, it would be efficient to
include a justice of the peace on the Harris County Juvenile Board.  H.B.
1082 includes a justice of the peace on the Harris County Juvenile Board,
thereby formalizing the relationship between the district court and the
justice court. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 152.1071(a), Human Resources Code, by adding to
the composition of the Harris County juvenile board the presiding municipal
judge from the City of Houston and a justice of the peace from Harris
County selected by a majority vote of all the justices of the peace in the
county. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.