Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01274 · Subchapter GG. LAKE WORTH
JOINT COURT: JUDGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a joint municipal court of record created under Section 30.01273 is presided over by a municipal judge or alternate municipal judge who is appointed by a majority vote of each of the governing bodies of the contracting municipalities for a two-year term.
(b) The judge of a joint municipal court of record may be removed from office by the governing bodies of the contracting municipalities at any time for incompetency, misconduct, malfeasance, or inability to perform the tasks of the office.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm
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