G-13-08-08-E2 - 8/8/2013ORDINANCE NO. �� 13'00-0842 •
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, CODE OF ORDINANCES (2010
EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, BY ADDING SECTION 22-9
REGARDING JUVENILE CASE MANAGER POSITION, JUVENILE CASE MANAGER
FEE AND JUVENILE CASE MANAGER FUND; AND PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS:
That Chapter 2, Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition), City of Round Rock, Texas,
is hereby amended by adding Section 22-9 to read as follows:
Sec. 22-9. — Juvenile Case Manager, Fee and Fund.
(a) Juvenile Case Manager.
Pursuant to Article 45.056 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the City Council hereby
authorizes the employment of one or more full-time or part-time juvenile case managers to
provide services in cases involving juvenile offenders before the Municipal Court consistent with
the Court's statutory powers and to assist the Court in administering the Court's juvenile docket
and in supervising its court orders in juvenile cases.
As required by Article 45.056 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the City Council has
adopted by Resolution the Juvenile Case Manager Code of Ethics, the Educational Pre -service
and In-service Training Standards and has required the juvenile case managers to receive
training in the role of the juvenile case manager, case planning and management, applicable
procedural and substantive law, courtroom proceedings and presentation, services to at -risk
youth, local programs and services for juveniles and the detection and prevention of abuse,
exploitations, and neglect of juveniles.
(b) Juvenile Case Manager Fee.
There is hereby created a Juvenile Case Manager Fee (the "Fee") as authorized by Article
102.0174 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The Fee shall be in the amount of $5.00. A
defendant who is convicted of a fine -only misdemeanor offense in Municipal Court shall pay the
Fee as a cost of court. A person is considered convicted of an offense if:
(1) a sentence is imposed on the defendant; or
(2) the person receives deferred disposition, including deferred proceedings under Article
45.052 or 45.053 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
The Municipal Court Judge may waive the Fee in cases of demonstrated financial hardship on the
part of a convicted defendant if the defendant is indigent.
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(c) Juvenile Case Manager Fund.
There is hereby created a Juvenile Case Manager Fund (the "Fund") as authorized by Article
102.0174 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. All Juvenile Case Manager Fees collected
by the Municipal Court shall be deposited into the Fund. The Fund may be used only to finance
the salary, benefits, training, travel expenses, office supplies, and other necessary expenses
relating to the position of a juvenile case manager.
11.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict herewith are
expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date,
hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this Ordinance was adopted was posted
and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during
which this Ordinance and the subject matter hereof were discussed, considered and
formally acted upon, all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas
Government Code, as amended.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all the
Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two separate
days was dispensed with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this day of
, 2013.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the
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READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the 641"- day of
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ATTEST:
SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
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ALAN MCGRAW, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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Agenda Item Summary
Agenda Number: E.2
Title: Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 22, Code of Ordinances (2010
Edition), by adding Section 22-9 regarding juvenile case manager position,
juvenile case manager fee and juvenile case manager fund. (Second
Reading)
Type: Ordinance
Governing Body: City Council
Agenda Date: 8/8/2013
Dept Director: Cheryl Delaney, Finance Director
Cost: $0.00
Indexes:
Attachments: Ordinance
Text of Legislative File 13-526
Ordinance establishing a Juvenile Case Manager position in the Municipal Court, a Juvenile
Case Manager fee and creating a Juvenile Case Manager fund. In order to establish the fee
and fund, the State requires adoption of an ordinance.
A Juvenile Case Manager provides services in cases involving juvenile offenders before a
court consistent with the court's statutory powers. Juvenile Case Managers assist the court
in administering the court's juvenile docket and in supervising its orders in juvenile cases.
This ordinance will enhance the duties of an existing FTE, retitle the position to Juvenile
Case Manager, and allow the collection of a fee to supplement the salary of the existing
position. A resolution will be presented that will adopt a code of ethics created by the
Juvenile Case Managers Association of Texas, along with pre -service and in-service training
requirements.
Staff recommends approval
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