(A) The presiding officer of the Magistrate’s Court shall be the Town Magistrate, who shall be appointed by and report to the Town Council. The Town Magistrate shall serve a term of two years for the initial appointment, with the beginning and end of the term to be specified at the time of appointment.
(B) (1) Candidates for Town Magistrate must be at least 30 years old, of good moral character, admitted as a member in good standing with the State Bar of Arizona, a resident of Maricopa County, Arizona for the five years immediately preceding appointment and have been engaged in the active practice of law for not less than six months immediately preceding appointment as the Town Magistrate.
(2) The term active practice of law includes serving as a judge, magistrate, or other judicial officer, or other commensurate experience the Town Council determines to be the equivalent of practicing law, or serving as a judge, magistrate, or other judicial officer.
(C) After an initial two-year term appointment, the Town Council may reappoint the Town Magistrate. All terms for reappointment shall be for a period of two years.
(D) Nothing in this subchapter shall change the town’s right, after a due process hearing, to remove the Magistrate for cause.
(Ord. 2003-03, passed 2-28-2002; Ord. 2014-01, passed 1-23-2014)