Sec. 54.652.  QUALIFICATIONS.  To be eligible for appointment as a magistrate, a person must:
(1)  be a resident of this state;  and
(2)  have been licensed to practice law in this state for at least four years.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 81, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.