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Hunt County judge asks commissioners to fund part‑time clerk for new juvenile diversion mandate
Summary
A Hunt County court official told commissioners the state-required juvenile diversion program, effective Jan. 1, 2025, has increased local court workload and asked the commissioners to fund a part‑time backfill to maintain court operations and language access.
Judge Stovall called a special session of the Hunt County Commissioners Court on June 27, 2025, to hear budget presentations. Clay, a court official who oversees juvenile diversion work in the county’s magistrate court, told the court an unfunded state mandate requires a local administrator to build and monitor diversion plans for juveniles and asked commissioners to fund a part‑time position to backfill clerks and support the new workload.
Clay said the state mandate requires diversion be offered immediately to juveniles charged with Class C offenses committed before their 17th birthday and that a plan must be written, monitored and, when completed successfully, kept out of the…
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