§ 12-2. Judges.

The city council shall appoint judges for the municipal courts of record, including a chief judge, for a term of two (2) years beginning on the effective date of the ordinance establishing the Irving municipal courts of record. The municipal court of record judges shall be attorneys in good standing in the state with more than two (2) years of experience in the practice of law in Texas. They shall be citizens of the state and of the United States and qualified voters of the city. The municipal court of record judges may exchange benches and may sit and act for one another in any proceeding pending in the courts of record. An act performed by any municipal court of record judge is binding on all parties to the proceeding.

(Ord. No. 6712, § 1, 12-7-95)

State law reference

Judge, V.T.C.A., Government Code §§ 30.00006 et seq., 030.00084.