Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH |
Subtitle A. COURTS |
Chapter 24. DISTRICT COURTS |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 24.021. INCOMPETENCY
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For purposes of Article XV, Section 6, of the Texas Constitution, "incompetency" means:
(1) gross ignorance of official duties;
(2) gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties; or
(3) inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the judge's election.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.