{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-21.025","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 21.025","heading":"GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.","body":"(a) An officer may be removed from office for:\n(1) incompetency;\n(2) official misconduct; or\n(3) intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","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#21.025","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"c5d31677120d81341acacf85dc9d1766a6656d03fe00d7f0194635ae86f49217","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-21.024","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-21.026"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}