Judge

Sec. 25.2652. JUDGE. (a) The judge is elected by the qualified voters of the counties at the election at which other statutory probate court judges are elected. (b) The judge must be: (1) at least 25 years of age; (2) a resident of one of the counties; and (3) a licensed attorney in this state who has practiced law or served as a judge of a court in this state, or both combined, for the four years preceding election or appointment. (c) The judge is entitled to be paid an annual salary set by a vote of a majority of the total number of the county judges and commissioners of the commissioners courts of the counties. The salary shall be apportioned among the counties according to the ratio a county's population bears to the total population of the counties composing the court. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.