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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 1539 ORDINANCE NO. 1539 BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, that: 1. There is hereby established liThe Teen Court of North Richland Hills, Texasll. 2. There is hereby established liThe Teen Court Advisory Boardll for the City. The said IIBoardll shall be composed of five persons each of whom shall be a resident of the City of North Richland Hills. The term of office for said IIBoard shall be from one year from May 15th until the following May 15th. The appointees for the first year are as follows: Place 1 Anthony Scoma High School Student Place 2 Dennis Horvath Sponsor Place 3 Becky Thorne-Sutton Sponsor Place 4 Cindy Martin General Public Place 5 Dan Echols General Public 3. It shall be the duty of the Municipal Judge of the City to nominate persons to serve on said IIBoardll by May 1st of each year. The appointments to said Board shall be made by the City Council from nominations made by the Municipal Judge or on motion of the Council if it rejects one or more of the Judge's nomination. 4. Place 1 on the Board shall be filled from the list of North Richland Hills residents who are students at Richland High School. Places 2 and 3 on the Board shall be filled from a list of persons who are connected with the Teen Court Program as Sponsors which list shall be kept by the Municipal Judge. Place 4 and 5 on the Board shall be filled by appointing residents from the general public. 5. The function of the Board created by this ordinance shall be to approve practices and procedures of the Teen Court which are initially drawn and promulgated by the Municipal Judge. After such practices and procedures have been approved by the Board, the Municipal Court shall enter its order officially adopting same as the IIRules of The Teen Court of North Richland Hillsll. Ordinance No. 1539 Page Two 6. In the event that any matter arises in the operation of The Teen Court which is not covered by the said IIRulesll, the Municipal Judge is given the discretion to rule on such matter. Final interpretation of the IIRulesll shall be within the province of t~e Municipal Court. PASSED AND APPROVED this 23rd day of May, 1988. Mayor ~ ATTEST: O~~d, -= ~~~~ :.. cifsecretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: