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-2- (3) request the jurors needed for cases that are set for trial by jury; (4) temporarily assign judges or substitute judges to exchange benches and to sit and act for each other in a proceeding pending in a court if necessa~y for the expeditious disposition of business in the courts; (5) cause the records of the courts to be permanently kept and made available for inspection by interested parties at all reasonable times; (6) maintain as part of the records of the courts an index of judgments similar to the index maintained by county clerks for criminal cases arising in county courts; and (7) if necessa~y for the proper functioning of the courts, provide for microfilm preservation of the records of the courts under the same requirements provided by law for microfilm preservation of records in the custody of a county clerk. (f) The judges or substitute judges may exchange benches and may sit and act for each other in any proceeding pending in the courts. An act performed by any of the judges is binding on all parties to the proceeding. (g) A municipal judge shall comply with the financial statement requirements under Chapter 421, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 (Article 6252-9b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.) (h) A municipal judge is entitled to a salary from the city, the amount of which is determined by the governing body of the city and may not be diminished during the judge's term of office. The salary may not be based directly or indirectly on fines, fees, or costs that the judge is required by law to collect during the term of office. Section 30.505. Clerk; Other Personnel (a) The governing body of the city shall provide a clerk of the municipal courts of record. The clerk shall keep the records of the municipal courts of record, issue process, and generally perform the duties for the cou~ts that a clerk of a county court at law exercising criminal jurisdiction performs for that court. (b) The governing body of warrant officers, and other operation of the courts. the city shall provide deputy clerks, personnel as needed for the prope~ (c) The clerk and other court personnel perform their duties the control and direction of the presiding municipal judge. under Section 30.506. Court Reporter (a) tried The city shall provide a means to preserve a ~ecord in cases before the municipal court of record. (b) The record may be preserved through written notes of a court reporter, transcribing equipment, ~ecording equipment, or any combination of those methods. The City is not required to record testimony in a case in which neither the defendant, the prosecutor, nor the judge demands it. Section 30.507. Court Facilities The governing body of the city shall provide courtrooms, jury rooms, offices, office furniture, libraries, law books, and other facilities and supplies that the governing body determines are necessary for the proper operation of the municipal courts of record.