Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 252.063 · Subchapter D. ENFORCEMENT
REMOVAL; INELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The final conviction of a municipal officer or employee for an offense under Section 252.062(a) or (b) results in the immediate removal from office or employment of that person.
(b) For four years after the date of the final conviction, the removed officer or employee is ineligible:
(1) to be a candidate for or to be appointed or elected to a public office in this state;
(2) to be employed by the municipality with which the person served when the offense occurred; and
(3) to receive any compensation through a contract with that municipality.
(c) This section does not prohibit the payment of retirement or workers' compensation benefits to the removed officer or employee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1250, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.252.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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