{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 87.013","heading":"GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.","body":"(a) An officer may be removed 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.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.87.htm#87.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"572d4a8f0bc2ffc75240537573fe83494ea9e033d08aa445f8b85700ef5821ba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.0131"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}