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Texas Government Code § 24.021

Incompetency

District Courts · General Provisions

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.

Official text of the Texas Government Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Other codes referenced

Const. Art. XV, § 6