[CC 1970 §19-5; Ord. No. 932 §1(j), 4-18-1978; Ord. No. 1993, 6-2-2020]
A. The
Rock Hill Municipal Court shall be presided over by a Municipal Judge
who shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen. The Board of Aldermen
shall also appoint a Provisional Judge, who shall preside over the
Rock Hill Municipal Court if the Municipal Judge is absent or is unable
to act or if the office is vacant. If both the Municipal Judge and
the Provisional Judge are absent or unable to act, or if both offices
are vacant, the Presiding Judge of the St. Louis County Circuit Court
shall appoint an eligible and duly qualified person to act as judge
of the Municipal Court until such time as the absence, unavailability,
or vacancy is resolved.
B. The
Municipal Judge and the Provisional Judge:
1. Shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years;
2. Shall be residents of Missouri and licensed members of the Missouri
Bar for at least five (5) years prior to appointment;
3. Shall be at least twenty-five (25), but not more than seventy-five
(75), years in age; and
4. Shall hold no other office in the City of Rock Hill.
C. The
Municipal Judge and Provisional Judge shall be part-time positions,
and they shall receive compensation as determined by the Rock Hill
Board of Aldermen. The Municipal Judge and the Provisional Judge may,
within the requirements of the Missouri Supreme Court's Code of Judicial
Conduct and any other applicable rule, hold other employment, and
they shall be subject to the authority of the Missouri Supreme Court's
Commission on Retirement, Removal, and Discipline of Judges.
[Code 1955 §23-7; CC 1970 §19-7]
A. The
Municipal Judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce
due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her within
the scope of his/her authority. He/she may fine and imprison for contempt
offered to him/her while holding Court, in the same manner and to
the same extent as the Circuit Court.
B. The
Municipal Judge shall have such other powers, duties and privileges
as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the State, this Code and
other ordinances of the City.
The Municipal Judge shall be a conservator of the peace. He/she
shall keep a docket in which he/she shall enter every case commenced
before him/her and the proceeding therein and he/she shall keep such
other records as required. Such docket and records shall be records
of the Circuit Court. The Municipal Judge shall deliver said docket
and records and all books and papers pertaining to his/her office
to his/her successor in office or to the presiding judge of the circuit.
The Municipal Judge shall have the power to administer oaths and enforce
due obedience to all orders, rules and judgments made by him/her,
and may fine or imprison for contempt committed before such judge
while holding court, in the same manner and to the same extent as
a Circuit Judge.