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Tex. Government Code § 665.052

CAUSES FOR REMOVAL

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Tex. Government Code § 665.052, CAUSES FOR REMOVAL, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/658493
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(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.