Tex. Gov't Code Section 665.081
No Removal for Acts Committed Before Election to Office

(a)

An officer in this state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer’s election to office.

(b)

The prohibition against the removal from office for an act the officer commits before the officer’s election is covered by:

(1)

Section 21.002 (References to Municipal Governing Body and to Members of Municipal Governing Body), Local Government Code, for a mayor or alderman of a general law municipality; or

(2)

Chapter 87 (Removal of County Officers from Office; Filling of Vacancies), Local Government Code, for a county or precinct officer.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Source: Section 665.081 — No Removal for Acts Committed Before Election to Office, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.­665.­htm#665.­081 (accessed May 25, 2024).

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