Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT |
Subtitle B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS |
Chapter 87. REMOVAL OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCIES |
Subchapter B. REMOVAL BY PETITION AND TRIAL |
Sec. 87.013. GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL
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(a) An officer may be removed 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.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.