{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-21.024","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 21.024","heading":"NO REMOVAL BEFORE ACTION.","body":"An officer may not be removed under this subchapter for an act the officer committed before election to office if the act was a matter of public record or otherwise known to the voters.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 402, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["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. JUDICIAL REMOVAL OF MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.21.htm#21.024","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"8f97c3067a9b17d33d03495e88ba3e79afd998059e283d16ee6b697ced1c4748","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-21.023","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-21.025"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}