Sec. 29.006.  TEMPORARY REPLACEMENT IN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES.  If a municipal judge of a municipality incorporated under the general laws of this state is temporarily unable to act, the governing body may appoint one or more persons meeting the qualifications for the position to sit for the regular municipal judge.  The appointee has all powers and duties of the office and is entitled to compensation as set by the governing body.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.