(a) 
The city council shall have the right and authority, from time to time, by appropriate resolution, to establish additional municipal courts of record or separate divisions of a court of record which courts or divisions, when so established, shall be courts of record or divisions of a courts of a court of record of full stature and equal dignity with the present and existing Euless Municipal Court of Record.
(b) 
The city council shall, by appropriate resolution, have the authority, from time to time, to name a presiding judge or judges and/or associate judges to preside over and perform the judicial functions for each of the municipal courts of record or divisions thereof.
(c) 
Each of the presiding judges, judges and/or associate judges shall serve for a term of two years and may be removed as provided by the constitution and laws of the State of Texas as same now exist or may be hereafter amended or by appropriate provisions of the Euless City Charter. Should vacancies occur during the term of a presiding judge, judge or associate judge same shall be filled by resolution appointing a qualified person to fill such office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(d) 
The presiding judges, municipal judges and associate judges of the municipal court shall be compensated in an amount and manner as such compensation may from time to time be prescribed by the city council.
(e) 
Each of the presiding judges, judges and associate judges shall have full authority and concurrent jurisdiction to preside in any of the courts or divisions thereof of the Euless Municipal Courts of Record and at any time and from time to time in the absence of the other. Each of such presiding judges, judges and/or associate judges shall be of equal statute and dignity with concurrent jurisdiction, one with the other, each with full right, power and authority to perform each and every judicial function authorized to the Euless Municipal Courts of Record or divisions thereof under the ordinances of the city, and the statutes, constitution and laws of the State of Texas, provided, however, that a presiding judge shall have the authority and be responsible for the assignment of judges and/or associate judges in the performance and scheduling of functions and duties of the Euless Municipal Courts of Record and/or divisions thereof.
(Code 1974, § 2-10; Ordinance 1384, § I, 9-28-98)
(a) 
There is hereby imposed, as a cost of court, a security fee of $3.00 per conviction in the Euless Municipal Court of Record.
(b) 
For the purposes of this section, a person is considered convicted if:
(1) 
A fine is imposed on the person;
(2) 
The person receives community supervision, including deferred adjudication; or
(3) 
The court defers final disposition of the person’s case.
(c) 
There is hereby created a fund to be known as the municipal court building security fund. All security fees collected under this section shall be deposited into said municipal court building security fund. This fund may be used only to finance the following items when used for the purpose of providing security services for buildings housing the Euless Municipal Court:
(1) 
The purchase or repair of X-ray machines and conveying systems;
(2) 
Handheld metal detectors;
(3) 
Walkthrough metal detectors;
(4) 
Identification cards and systems;
(5) 
Electronic locking and surveillance equipment;
(6) 
Bailiffs, deputies or contract security personnel during times when they are providing appropriate security services; or
(7) 
Locks, chains or other security hardware.
(d) 
The municipal court building security fund shall be administered under the direction of the city council.
(Ordinance 1184, § I, 8-22-95)
(a) 
There is hereby imposed, as a cost of court, a technology fee of $4.00 per conviction in the Euless Municipal Court of Record.
(b) 
For purposes of this section, a person is considered convicted if:
(1) 
A fine is imposed on the person;
(2) 
The person receives community supervision, including deferred adjudication; or
(3) 
The court defers final disposition of the person’s case.
(c) 
This fund may be used only for the purposes specifically authorized by Vernon’s Ann. C.C.P. art. 102.0172 as same now exists or may be hereafter amended.
(d) 
The municipal court technology fund shall be administered under the direction of the city council.
(Ordinance 1379, § I, 8-24-98)
(a) 
There is hereby created within the City of Euless, Texas, a municipal court of record, which hereafter shall be designated and known as the “Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1.” The Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1 shall be officially created and shall commence operations on October 1, 1993.
(b) 
The presently existing and operating municipal court in the city, which is not a court of record, shall cease operations on October 1, 1993, at the time that the Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1 is created and commences operations. All records of the Euless Municipal Court shall, at that time, become records of the Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1.
(c) 
The city council hereby adopts the provisions of House Bill 2841, enacted by the 73rd Legislature of the State of Texas, and codified as Subchapter X of Chapter 30 of the Texas Government Code, to govern operations and procedures in the Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1.
(d) 
Pursuant to the provisions of Subchapter X of Chapter 30 of the Texas Government Code, as amended, the city council hereby provides that, in lieu of providing a court reporter at trials, the proceedings in the Euless Municipal Court of Record Number 1 shall be recorded by a good quality electronic recording device.
(Ordinance 1120, §§ I-IV, 9-14-93; Ordinance 1379, § I, 8-24-98)
(a) 
There is hereby imposed, as a cost of court, a juvenile case manager fee of $5.00 per conviction in the Euless Municipal Court of Record.
(b) 
For purposes of this section, a person is considered convicted if:
(1) 
A fine is imposed on the person;
(2) 
The person receives a deferred disposition, including deferred proceedings under Article 45.052 or 45.053 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) 
The Judge of the Euless Municipal Court of Record is hereby authorized to waive the fee required by this section in cases of financial hardship, to be determined in the discretion of the judge.
(d) 
Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the juvenile case manager fund which is also created hereby. This fund may be used only to finance the salary and benefits of one or more juvenile case managers as described under Article 45.056, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
(e) 
The juvenile case manager fund shall be administered under the direction of the city council. Upon further approval of the city council, the Euless Municipal Court of Record may employ one or more full-time juvenile case managers to assist the court in administering the court’s juvenile docket and in supervising its court orders in juvenile cases. The court may pay the salary and benefits of the juvenile case manager from the juvenile case manager fund.
(f) 
A juvenile case manager employed under this section shall work primarily on cases brought under sections 25.094 “Failure to Attend School” and 25.093 “Parent Contributing to Nonattendance”, Texas Education Code.
(Ordinance 1755, § 1, 9-26-06; Ordinance 1842, § 1, 3-24-09)
A defendant who desires to appeal from a judgment or order of the Euless Municipal Court of Record shall pay a fee of $25.00 for the preparation of the clerk’s record in the appeal. This fee does not include the fee for an actual transcription of the proceedings. The clerk shall note the payment of the fee on the docket of the court. If the case is reversed on appeal, the fee shall be refunded.
(Ordinance 1808, § 1, 4-8-08)
(a) 
There is hereby prescribed in the city's municipal court of record the collection, after due notice, of a fine not to exceed $25.00 for an offense under section 38.10(e) of the Texas Penal Code or section 543.009 of the Texas Transportation Code.
(b) 
Money collected from the fine shall be paid into the municipal treasury for the use and benefit of the city as authorized by Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. art. 45.203 as same now exists or may be hereafter amended.
(Ordinance 2331 adopted 12/13/2022)