To be eligible for appointment as State Auditor, a person must have unquestioned integrity and moral character and must have had at least five years' experience:
(1) as a certified public accountant in this or another state; and
(2) in a professional or administrative position a major duty of which involved fiscal management, the review of fiscal management, or the auditing or review of operational efficiency or program performance.
Official text of the Texas Government Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.