{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 22.008","heading":"DISQUALIFICATION FROM OFFICE.","body":"(a) An officer who is entrusted with the collection or custody of funds belonging to the municipality and who is in default to the municipality may not hold any municipal office until the amount of the default, plus 10 percent interest, is paid to the municipality.\n(b) If a member of the governing body changes the member's place of residence to a location outside the corporate boundaries of the municipality, the member is automatically disqualified from holding the member's office and the office is considered vacant.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1096 (H.B. 3727), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. MUNICIPAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 22. ALDERMANIC FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.22.htm#22.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"dbd98bd2618fc202d37045514d8f54f26c30b9ae39f121cf499584ba3332faac","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-22.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}