(a) There is hereby created the judicial nominating commission of the city, which shall be an advisory body of 16 members. Fifteen of the members will be appointed by the city council, with each city council member appointing one member of the commission. The sixteenth member of the commission will be the Dallas city attorney, who shall serve as an ex officio, voting member of the commission and who, for purposes of Section 13, Chapter XXIV of the city charter, shall be appointed by the full city council. The mayor shall appoint the chair of the commission, and the full city council shall appoint the vice-chair.
(b) Each member of the commission shall be appointed for a two-year term beginning on October 1 of each odd-numbered year. All members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. The term limits established for board and commission members in Section 8-1.5 of this code do not apply to the city attorney’s service on the commission.
(c) A city of Dallas municipal judge shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the commission.
(d) The commission must reflect, as nearly as practicable, the racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of the city’s population.
(e) The commission must meet at least once each quarter of the commission’s term and may hold additional meetings at the call of the chair.
(f) No member of the judicial nominating commission may engage in the practice of law in or before the municipal courts of the city. (Ord. Nos. 21011; 21515; 21804; 24003; 27833; 29645)