(a) 
Office created; appointment; term; temporary judges.
(1) 
There is hereby created a position for municipal judge for the city municipal court.
(2) 
The office of judge of the municipal court shall be filled by appointment by the city council.
(3) 
The judge shall be appointed for a term of office running concurrently with that of the mayor.
(4) 
The city council may, by ordinance, appoint one or more qualified individuals to temporarily sit for the city’s regular municipal judge in the event of the regular judge’s inability to act due to absence, illness, conflicts, or any other reason.
(b) 
Powers and duties.
The judge of the municipal court shall perform the duties as prescribed by the laws of the state.
(Ordinance 249 adopted 2/13/2001)
(a) 
Office created; appointment; term.
(1) 
There is hereby created a position for municipal court clerk for the city municipal court.
(2) 
The office of court clerk of the municipal court shall be filled by appointment by the city council.
(3) 
The office of court clerk of the municipal court shall be filled for a term of office for two (2) years.
(b) 
Duties.
The municipal court clerk shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the court, issue all process, and do and perform all duties of a clerk of court, as prescribed for a clerk of the county court, insofar as such duties may be applicable to the municipal court.
(Ordinance 248 adopted 2/13/2001)
The seal for the municipal court shall have engraved thereon a star of five points in the center and the words, “Municipal Court in San Augustine, Texas.”
(Ordinance 21 adopted 12/5/1907; Ordinance adopting Code)
The rules of procedure as prescribed by the Code of Criminal Procedure of the state, and the rules of evidence thereof, now applicable to the justice courts of this state, are hereby adopted and shall hereafter be followed in the municipal court of the city.
(Ordinance 96, sec. 1, adopted 9/7/1938; Ordinance adopting Code)
The cost taxed against a defendant convicted in the municipal court shall be the same as prescribed by law to be collected of one convicted in a justice court, and the officers of the court shall receive the same fees as the officers of a justice court.
(Ordinance 96, sec. 2, adopted 9/7/1938; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
A collection fee is hereby authorized and imposed, as provided by article 103.0031, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, in the amount of 30% of debts and accounts receivable, such as unpaid fines, fees, court costs, forfeited bonds, or restitution ordered paid by a municipal court serving the city when such debt or account receivable is more than 60 days past due and has been referred to an attorney or private vendor for collection; and
(b) 
A collection fee is hereby authorized and imposed, as provided by article 103.0031, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, in the amount of 30% of amounts in cases in which the accused has failed to appear:
(1) 
As promised under subchapter A, chapter 543, Transportation Code, or other law;
(2) 
In compliance with a lawful written notice to appear issued under article 14.06(b) or other law;
(3) 
In compliance with a lawful summons issued under article 15.03(b), Texas Code of Criminal Procedure;
(4) 
In compliance with a lawful order of a court serving the city;
(5) 
As specified in a citation, summons, or other notice authorized by section 682.002, Transportation Code, that charges the accused with a parking or stopping offense;
When such amounts are more than 60 days past due and have been referred to an attorney or private vendor for collection.
(c) 
The mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a contract to employ and utilize the services of a firm to provide specific legal services and enforce the collection of the debts and accounts receivable on which the foregoing thirty percent (30%) collection cost accrues. Such contract is intended to be in accordance and compliance with article 103.0031 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, as amended.
(Ordinance 304 adopted 5/17/2016)