Tex. Government Code § 24.021
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 24.021, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 24.021. INCOMPETENCY.
Official statutory text
For purposes of Article XV, Section 6, of the Texas Constitution, "incompetency" means:
(1) gross ignorance of official duties;
(2) gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties; or
(3) inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the judge's election.
(1) gross ignorance of official duties;
(2) gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties; or
(3) inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the judge's election.
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