Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 87.013 : LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE — ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT — COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS — REMOVAL OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCIES — REMOVAL BY PETITION AND TRIAL — General Grounds for Removal

(a) An officer may be removed for:
(1) incompetency;
(2) official misconduct; or
(3) intoxication on or off duty caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage.
(b) Intoxication is not a ground for removal if it appears at the trial that the intoxication was caused by drinking an alcoholic beverage on the direction and prescription of a licensed physician practicing in this state.

Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 87.013

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.
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