Tex. Gov't Code § 665.081 · Subchapter D. OTHER REMOVAL PROVISIONS
NO REMOVAL FOR ACTS COMMITTED BEFORE ELECTION TO OFFICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An officer in this state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer's election to office.
(b) The prohibition against the removal from office for an act the officer commits before the officer's election is covered by:
(1) Section 21.002, Local Government Code, for a mayor or alderman of a general law municipality; or
(2) Chapter 87, Local Government Code, for a county or precinct officer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.665.htm
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