HB3513

HB3513 changes who serves on the Moore County Juvenile Board and which statewide duties and staffing rules apply to it. The board now consists of the county judge, the judge of the County Court at Law of Moore County, and three to five members appointed by the commissioners court. Previously it had the county judge and six appointed members. The new structure therefore permits five to seven members and expressly includes the county-court-at-law judge. Final law

Appointed members have two-year terms ending December 31 of even-numbered years, unless the commissioners court votes to extend a member’s term by no more than two years. This replaces the former staggered arrangement, under which three appointed terms expired in odd-numbered years and three in even-numbered years. The bill does not name replacement members or set out a separate transition timetable for each incumbent.

The act removes Moore County’s exemption from Human Resources Code Sections 152.0007 and 152.0008. Those provisions require a juvenile probation department, a qualified chief probation officer, a juvenile-services budget and policies, including financial policies. They allow child-assessment guidelines covering mental health, family background and education, and require use of available school assessment information before a comprehensive psychological evaluation. Within the adopted budget, the chief officer may hire qualified assistant officers and other necessary staff; probation officers serve at the appointing authority’s pleasure. Duties and personnel provisions

The board still selects its chair and serves without compensation under unchanged law. Other listed exemptions, Sections 152.0002 through 152.0006, remain. Signed May 24, 2025, HB3513 took effect September 1, 2025. Official history