Tex. Gov't Code § 665.052 · Subchapter C. REMOVAL BY ADDRESS
CAUSES FOR REMOVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An individual may be removed from office by address for:
(1) wilful neglect of duty;
(2) incompetency;
(3) habitual drunkenness;
(4) oppression in office;
(5) breach of trust; or
(6) any other reasonable cause that is not a sufficient ground for impeachment.
(b) In this section, "incompetency" means:
(1) gross ignorance of official duties;
(2) gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties;
(3) inability or unfitness to discharge promptly and properly official duties because of a serious physical or mental defect that did not exist at the time of the officer's election; or
(4) persistent or wilful violation of Article 17.15, Code of Criminal Procedure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (S.B. 293), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.665.htm
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