Sec. 25.2602. JUDGE    


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  • (a) The judge is elected by the qualified voters of the counties at the election at which other statutory county court judges are elected.

    (b) The judge must be:

    (1) at least 25 years of age;

    (2) a resident of one of the counties; and

    (3) a licensed attorney in this state who has practiced law or served as a judge of a court in this state, or both combined, for the four years preceding election or appointment.

    (c) The judge is entitled to be paid an annual salary set by a vote of a majority of the total number of county judges and commissioners of the commissioners courts of the counties. The salary shall be apportioned among the counties according to the ratio a county's population bears to the total population of the counties comprising the court.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 64, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.