There is hereby created and constituted a municipal court for the city, with full jurisdiction as provided for in V.T.C.A., Government Code, ch. 29. The municipal court for the city shall meet and hold regular sessions to hear and determine all cases arising before it, such sessions to be held and called by the municipal judge.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 5(A); 1993 Code, sec. 8.501)
The municipal court shall be presided over by the municipal court judge appointed by the city council for a term of office of two years. Said municipal court judge shall be compensated from the city general fund in an amount set by the city council in their discretion. The city council may appoint another qualified person as municipal judge within ninety-one days of termination of the two-year term of office, but failure to so appoint causes the incumbent judge to receive another two-year term of office. The municipal court judge shall be the presiding magistrate of the municipal court and shall have all of the powers and authority given to him by the laws of this state.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 5(B), ch. 8, sec. 4; 1993 Code, sec. 8.502; Ordinance 597-09 adopted 4/20/09)
(a) 
The city council desires to create the office of municipal court clerk, and the municipal court clerk shall be selected and appointed by the city council and his or her tenure shall be at the discretion of the city council. The clerk shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of said court, issue all process, and generally perform all the duties of the clerk of a court as prescribed by law of a county clerk insofar as the same is applicable.
(b) 
The position of municipal court clerk is created.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 5(C); 1993 Code, sec. 8.503; Ordinance 384-96 adopted 5/21/96)
The municipal court of the city shall meet and hold sessions as necessary in the council chambers of the city and at any other times deemed appropriate and needful by the municipal court judge.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 5(D); 1993 Code, sec. 8.504)
The clerk shall be available to receive fines for violations of the city ordinances and the laws of the state and to perform other duties incident to the operation of a municipal court at the city hall on each and every Tuesday and Thursday except legal holidays from 12 noon until 2:00 p.m.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 5(E); 1993 Code, sec. 8.505)
The county jail is hereby designated as the official city jail.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 5(F); 1993 Code, sec. 8.506)
(a) 
A municipal court technology fund is created as a separate fund of the city. It shall be maintained as a separate account of the city and shall be administered under the direction of the governing body of the city.
(b) 
The judge of the municipal court of the city shall require a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor offense as defined by article 102.0172(b) Tex. Code Crim. Proc., as amended (Acts 76th Leg., Reg. Session, Senate Bill 601) to pay a fee of $4.00 as a cost of court. The municipal court clerk shall collect the costs and pay the funds to the municipal treasurer on a prompt basis, but at least monthly.
(c) 
A municipal treasurer or other designated city official shall deposit the funds to an account in the city designated as the “municipal court technology fund.” The fund is to be administered by the governing body of the city and may be used only for purposes as provided by law.
(Ordinance 447-99 adopted 10/19/99)
In accordance with section 103.0031 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, there is hereby imposed an additional fee of thirty percent (30%) on all debts and accounts receivable, i.e.: fines, fees, court costs, restitution, and other debts that are more than sixty (60) days past due and have been referred to a private firm (Perdue) for collection.
Editor’s note–Ordinance 862-22 did not specifically amend the code. Inclusion of the ordinance as section 7.02.002 was at the discretion of the editor.
(Ordinance 862-22 adopted 8/9/22)