§ 5.03. JUDGE OF MUNICIPAL COURT:

  The Municipal Court shall be presided over by a magistrate who shall be known as the Judge of the Municipal Court. The Presiding Judge shall be a licensed attorney in the State of Texas and shall be appointed by the Council to serve at the discretion of the Council. Associate, temporary, and relief judges are not required to be licensed attorneys. The City Council, by ordinance, may divide the Municipal Court into two (2) or more panels or divisions, each to be presided over by a magistrate one of whom shall be the Presiding Judge, and the other magistrates shall be Associate Judges, and by ordinance may provide for Temporary or Relief Judges to sit for the regular Judge or for the Presiding Judge or Associate Judges when such Judge or Judges, any or all, are temporarily unable to act for any reason, in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas relating to the Municipal Court in Home Rule Cities. Any or all such judges shall be appointed by the City Council and shall serve at the discretion of the City Council. Such Judge or Judges shall receive such compensation as may be set by the City Council.

(Charter amendment, May 9, 2009)