1994-144\%,T00CS\0RD \TERM.0
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR TERMS OF OFFICE FOR MUNICIPAL
JUDGES; PROVIDING FOR A TRANSCRIPT FEE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, TEX. GOVT CODE Chapter 390, Subchapter Y (Vernon
Supp. 1994), provides that municipal judges shall serve for a term
of office; and
WHEREAS, on the 26th day of July, 1994, the City Council
adopted Resolution No. R94-032, and established terms of office for
the municipal judge and the assistant municipal judge; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to codify the terms of office
for municipal judges; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION I. The Council hereby ratifies Resolutions R94-032
and R94-033. Notwithstanding Section II of this Ordinance, Assis-
tant Judges appointed pursuant to Resolutions R94-032 and R94-033,
as ratified herein, shall serve an initial term of one (1) year,
commencing August 1, 1994. Thereafter, Assistant Judges shall be
appointed pursuant to Section 19-36 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Denton, Texas, as hereinafter amended.
SECTION II. That Section 19-36 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Denton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19-36. Judges.
(a) The municipal court of record shall be presided
over by the municipal court judge, who shall be a magis-
trate and appointed by and removed from office by the
city council. The council shall appoint assistant judges
as it deems necessary. Such assistant judges shall be
appointed and removed in the same manner as the municipal
court judges, and shall serve in the absence of and have
all the authority of the municipal court judges as pro-
vided by state law and the city charter. The municipal
court judge and assistant judges may be referred to as
the city judge and assistant city judges.
(b) The terms of office for the municipal court
judge and any assistant judges shall be two years from
the date of appointment. The municipal court judge shall
be appointed in even-numbered years, and any assistant
judges shall be appointed in odd-numbered years.
SECTION III. That Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Denton is hereby amended by adding a section, to be
numbered Section 19-65, which said section reads as follows:
Sec. 19-65. Transcript Fee.
There shall be charged and collected, before preparation
of a transcript, a transcript preparation fee. The fee
shall be twenty-five dollars or the maximum amount per-
mitted pursuant to TEX. GOVT CODE 530.994(d), as amen-
ded, whichever amount is greater.
SECTION IV. That this ordinance shall become effective im-
mediately upon its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 9 d day of
ATTEST:
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
BY:_
AP ROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
DEBRA A. DRAYOVITCH, CITY ATTORNEY
BY:
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1994.