Sec. 30.000085. REMOVAL OF JUDGE. A municipal judge of a general law municipality may be removed from office at any time for the reasons stated and by the procedure provided for the removal of members of a municipal governing body in Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Local Government Code. A municipal judge of a home-rule municipality may be removed from office by the governing body for the reasons stated and by the procedures provided for the removal of judges in the charter of the municipality or, if the charter does not provide for the removal of judges, as provided by Section 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, or by the procedure provided for the removal of members of a municipal governing body in Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Local Government Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 691, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 402, Sec. 19, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Chapter 30 - Municipal Courts of Record
Subchapter A. General Law for Municipal Courts of Record
Section 30.00001. Short Title; Application
Section 30.00003. Creation of Municipal Courts of Record
Section 30.00004. Abolition of Court
Section 30.00005. Jurisdiction
Section 30.00007. Presiding Judge
Section 30.00008. Vacancies: Temporary Replacement
Section 30.000085. Removal of Judge
Section 30.00009. Clerk; Other Personnel
Section 30.00010. Court Reporter
Section 30.00011. Prosecutions
Section 30.00012. Court Facilities
Section 30.000126. Complaint; Pleading
Section 30.00016. Record on Appeal
Section 30.00017. Clerk's Record
Section 30.00018. Bills of Exception
Section 30.00019. Reporter's Record
Section 30.00020. Transfer of Record
Section 30.00021. Brief on Appeal
Section 30.00024. Disposition on Appeal
Section 30.00025. Certificate of Appellate Proceedings