Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01512 · Subchapter NN. TYLER
JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipal court of record is presided over by a municipal judge appointed to office by the city manager in the manner provided by the city charter.
(b) If the city manager appoints more than one municipal judge under Subsection (a), the city manager shall appoint one of the municipal judges as the presiding municipal judge.
(c) A municipal judge is entitled to a salary from the city the amount of which is determined by the city manager. A municipal judge's salary may not be diminished during the judge's term of office. A municipal judge's salary may not be based directly or indirectly on fines, fees, or costs collected by the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 136, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 bbd309d6dd930f8f44ebd2cd2a423c31caa6a07b78df45e1ae99e2379cc45527
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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