Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT |
Subtitle B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT |
Chapter 21. GENERAL PROVISIONS AFFECTING GOVERNING BODY OF MUNICIPALITY |
Subchapter B. REMOVAL OF MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY |
Sec. 21.025. GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL
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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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.