Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 21.025

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 21.025 - General Grounds for Removal

(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.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 21.025

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/1999.