Sec. 25.2602.  JUDGE.  (a)  The judge is elected by the qualified voters of the counties at the election at which other statutory county 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 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 comprising the court.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 64, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.