Tex. Local Government Code § 87.012

This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 87.012, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.

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§ 87.012. OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL.

Official statutory text

The district judge may, under this subchapter, remove from office:

(1) a district attorney;

(2) a county attorney;

(3) a county judge;

(4) a county commissioner;

(5) a county clerk;

(6) a district clerk;

(7) a district and county clerk;

(8) a county treasurer;

(9) a sheriff;

(10) a county surveyor;

(11) a county tax assessor-collector;

(12) a constable;

(13) a justice of the peace;

(14) a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district; and

(15) a county officer, not otherwise named by this section, whose office is created under the constitution or other law of this state.

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