Texas Local Government Code

§ 21.025 — GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

LG § 21.025Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT · Ch. 21. GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING GOVERNING BODY OF MUNICIPALITY · Art. B. JUDICIAL REMOVAL OF MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

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(a)An officer may be removed from office for:

(1)incompetency;

(2)official misconduct; or

(3)intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage.

(b)Intoxication is not a ground for removal if it appears at the trial that the intoxication was caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage on the direction and prescription of a licensed physician practicing in this state.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.