Texas Statutes
§ 24.021 — INCOMPETENCY.
Texas § 24.021
JurisdictionTexas
Code GVGovernment Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 24.021 (2026).
Text
Sec. 24.021. INCOMPETENCY. 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.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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