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Tex. Local Government Code § 87.013: GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Where this section sits in the code
- 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
(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.
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