{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.00654","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 30.00654","heading":"JOINT COURT: JUDGES.","body":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a joint municipal court of record created under Section 30.2503 is presided over by a municipal judge or alternate municipal judge who is appointed by the governing bodies of the contracting municipalities for a two-year term.\n(b) The judge of a joint municipal court of record may be removed from office by the governing bodies of the contracting municipalities at any time for incompetency, misconduct, malfeasance, or inability to perform the tasks of the office.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 653, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995. Renumbered from Government Code, Sec. 30.2504 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 8.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 30. MUNICIPAL COURTS OF RECORD","SUBCHAPTER Q. RIVER OAKS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.30.htm#30.00654","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"4fde31a99b66006d67ad0af8c55b375a30b08a7f37991cbb28853698c36f584d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.00653","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-30.00655"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}