Tex. Gov't Code § 30.01822 · Subchapter WW. LAREDO
JUDGE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipal court of record is presided over by a municipal judge.
(b) A municipal judge is elected at large by the qualified voters of the city of Laredo for a term of four years. Except as provided by Subsection (d), a municipal judge may not serve more than two terms.
(c) A municipal judge must:
(1) be a licensed attorney in this state; and
(2) be a resident of the city of Laredo.
(d) A municipal judge may serve the remainder of an unexpired term to which the judge was elected or appointed and serve two additional terms.
(e) A municipal judge is entitled to the salary provided by ordinance of the governing body of the city.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 897 (H.B. 2617), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
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
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- 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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