The presiding judge and associate judges shall serve for a term of two years or until a successor is appointed. At the end of the term of office for which a municipal judge is appointed, the city council may appoint the person serving as municipal judge for another two-year term or the governing body of the city may declare the office of municipal judge vacant. Any vacancy in the office of municipal judge by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
(1995 Code, sec. 21.281)
The municipal court judges shall comply with all state law requirements for municipal court judges.
(1995 Code, sec. 21.282)
The jurisdiction of municipal court judges shall be the jurisdiction that the state legislature provided under the state constitution and statutes.
(1995 Code, sec. 21.283)
The city council may not remove a municipal judge from office during the term for which he or she was appointed, except for cause under the same rules that judges of the county courts may be removed from office.
(1995 Code, sec. 21.285)
The presiding judge shall:
(1) 
Maintain a central docket of all cases filed in the geographic limits of the city over which the municipal court of the city has jurisdiction;
(2) 
Distribute cases to associate judges, if necessary;
(3) 
Temporarily assign associate judges, when necessary;
(4) 
Cause all dockets, books, papers, and other records of the municipal court to be kept according to the city’s retention schedule, and permit the retainable records to be available for inspection at all reasonable times to any interested person according to the open records request procedure;
(5) 
Cooperate with the city secretary to supervise the operations, clerical functions, and administration of the municipal court and all clerical personnel in the administrative department of the municipal court.
(1995 Code, sec. 21.286)