Sec. 21.025.  GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.  (a)  An officer may be removed from office 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.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.