Texas Local Government Code - Section 21.026. Petition For Removal

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§ 21.026. PETITION FOR REMOVAL.  (a) A proceeding for the 
removal of an officer is begun by filing a written petition for 
removal in a district court of the county in which the officer 
resides.
	(b)  Any resident of the municipality who has lived for at 
least six months in the municipality and who is not currently under 
indictment in the county in which the municipality is located may 
file the petition.  At least one of the parties who files the 
petition must swear to it at or before the filing.
	(c)  The petition must be addressed to the district judge of 
the court in which it is filed.  The petition must specify the 
grounds alleged for the removal of the officer in plain and 
intelligible language and must cite the time and place of the 
occurrence of each act alleged as a ground for removal with as much 
certainty as the nature of the case permits.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.          

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