(a) The city manager shall appoint a municipal court administrator to serve as the clerk of the municipal courts of record.
(b) The municipal court administrator shall:
(1) perform, as applicable, the duties prescribed by law for the county clerk of a county court at law;
(2) maintain central docket records for all cases filed in the municipal courts of record;
(3) maintain an index of all municipal courts of record judgments in the same manner as county clerks are required by law to prepare for criminal cases arising in county courts; and
(4) request the jurors needed for cases that are set for trial by jury.
(c) The municipal court administrator may hire, direct, supervise, and remove personnel authorized in the city's annual budget for the clerk's office in accordance with the city's general government policies and procedures manual and subject to approval by the city manager.
(d) Sections 30.00009(c) and (d) do not apply to this subchapter.