§ 20-3. Municipal judge.

The municipal court shall be presided over by one or more full-time or part-time municipal judges, who may be appointed or contracted by the council with either the Richland County or Lexington County magistrate office pursuant to S.C. Code § 14-25-25. The municipal judge shall serve for a term set by the council not to exceed two years, or until his successor is appointed and qualified. The council shall determine from time to time the compensation of the judge, provide facilities for conducting trials and hearings and provide sufficient clerical and nonjudicial support personnel to assist the municipal judge. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties of office, each municipal judge shall take and subscribe the oath of office prescribed by article VI, section 5, of the state constitution, unless previously sworn in as a magistrate judge. Municipal judges of the town shall be prohibited from practicing law in the municipal court for the town. The municipal judge shall not be required to be a resident of the town. All municipal judges shall meet the qualifications established by the South Carolina Supreme Court for municipal judges.

(Code 1985, § 6-103; Ord. No. 07-12, 4-17-2007; Ord. No. 18-24 , 10-2-2018)

State law reference

Similar provisions, S.C. Code 1976, § 14-25-15.

Cross reference

Officers and employees, § 2-131 et seq.