Sec. 665.052. CAUSES FOR REMOVAL. (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; or
(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.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.