1. (a) The judge is elected by the qualified voters of the counties at the election at which other statutory probate court judges are elected.

2. (b) The judge must be:

   1. (1) at least 25 years of age;
   2. (2) a resident of one of the counties; and
   3. (3) a licensed attorney in this state who has practiced law or served as a judge of a court in this state, or both combined, for the four years preceding election or appointment.
3. (c) The judge is entitled to be paid an annual salary set by a vote of a majority of the total number of the county judges and commissioners of the commissioners courts of the counties. The salary shall be apportioned among the counties according to the ratio a county's population bears to the total population of the counties composing the court.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.