The municipal judge shall, before he enters the duties of office, if no corporate surety bond covering all municipal officials exists, execute a surety bond to the city in the amount of five thousand dollars conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties and the paying over to the city of all fines, forfeited bonds and other money which comes into his hands by virtue of his office. The municipal judge shall take the oath of office as required in Section 3-10-2 NMSA, 1978. (Amended during 1992 codification: prior code § 5-2-3)
The mayor with the advice and consent of the city commission shall designate two qualified electors of the city as alternate municipal judges, one of whom shall serve as acting municipal judge during the vacation, temporary absence, unavailability or incapacity of the municipal judge. The municipal judge, before absenting himself shall select, or upon his failure to select, the mayor shall select, one designee from those set forth above to serve as temporary municipal judge to exercise all powers of the municipal judge until the return of the municipal judge. Compensation of alternate municipal judges shall be fixed by the city commission. (Prior code § 5-2-4)
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