{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.031","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 87.031","heading":"IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.","body":"(a) The conviction of a county officer by a petit jury for any felony or for a misdemeanor involving official misconduct operates as an immediate removal from office of that officer.\n(b) The court rendering judgment in such a case shall include an order removing the officer in the judgment.\n(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), \"a misdemeanor involving official misconduct\" includes a misdemeanor under Section 39.07, Penal Code.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 4), Sec. 5.01, eff. September 1, 2017.","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 C. REMOVAL BY CRIMINAL CONVICTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.87.htm#87.031","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"98d20d191aa379d16f22a986b37ca3b1a679924a81ad21cd38adf1199c8aa066","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.019","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.032"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}