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Tex. Government Code § 24.021

INCOMPETENCY

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Tex. Government Code § 24.021, INCOMPETENCY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/648259
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For purposes of Article XV, Section 6, of the Texas Constitution, "incompetency" means: (1) gross ignorance of official duties; (2) gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties; or (3) inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the judge's election.