Sec. 152.0841.  FOARD COUNTY.  (a)  Foard County is included in the 46th Judicial District Juvenile Board.  The juvenile board is composed of:
(1)  the county judges of Foard, Hardeman, and Wilbarger counties; 
(2)  the judge of the 46th Judicial District;  and
(3)  two public members appointed by the judges.
(b)  The public members serve one-year terms.
(c)  The district judge is the chairman of the board.
(d)  Service on a juvenile board by a judge is an additional duty of office.  The commissioners courts shall pay the judges on the juvenile board additional annual compensation of not more than $1,200 for the added duties imposed on them.  The additional compensation shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general funds of the counties.
(e)  If approved by the juvenile board, each county shall reimburse the juvenile court judge in the county for the judge's actual and necessary expenses incurred in attending seminars and other educational or instructional meetings relating to juvenile problems.
(f)  The commissioners courts shall provide the funds for the salaries of the juvenile probation officers in the amount set by the juvenile board.
(g)  The commissioners courts shall pay the expenses of the juvenile probation officers that are certified as necessary by the juvenile board chairman from the general fund and in the amount set by the juvenile board.
(h)  Sections 152.0004 and 152.0005(b) do not apply to the 46th Judicial District Juvenile Board.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 352, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.