(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.