Texas Human Resources Code - HUM RES § 152.1271. Jasper County

(a) Jasper County is included in the East Texas Juvenile Board.  The juvenile board is composed of the county judge and the district judges in Jasper, Newton, Sabine, or San Augustine County.

(b) The judge of the 1st Judicial District is the chairman of the board and its chief administrative officer.  The juvenile board shall elect a county judge on the board to serve as vice-chairman.

(c) The Commissioners Court of Jasper County may pay the county judge of Jasper County additional annual compensation in an amount set by the commissioners court.

(d) The commissioners courts of the counties included on the board may pay the district judges on the board additional annual compensation in an amount set by a majority of the county commissioners of the four counties.  The commissioners court of each county shall pay the compensation to the district judges in accordance with the ratio that the population of the county bears to the total population of the four counties.

(e) The compensation paid to the county and district judges is for the added duties imposed on the judges and shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the general fund or any other available fund of the counties.

(f) Sections 152.0002, 152.0004, 152.0005, 152.0006, 152.0007, and 152.0008 do not apply to the East Texas Juvenile Board.