Texas Local Government Code Title 2, Chapter 21 - General Provisions Affecting Governing Body Of Municipality

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 21.001 - Election Of Aldermen By Place System In General-law Municipality
  (a) The governing body of a general-law municipality that is not divided into wards and that elects its aldermen at large may provide by ordinance...
• Texas Section 21.002 - References To Municipal Governing Body And To Members Of Municipal Governing Body
  A reference in this code or another statute: (1) to a member of the governing body of a municipality includes each member of that body...
• Texas Section 21.003 - Members Of Municipal Governing Bodies May Volunteer
  A member of the governing body of a municipality may serve as a volunteer for an organization that protects the health, safety, or welfare of...

SUBCHAPTER B JUDICIAL REMOVAL OF MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODY OF GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

• Texas Section 21.005 - Choice Of Uniform Election Date For Newly Incorporated Municipality
  Not later than the first anniversary of the date of its incorporation, a newly incorporated municipality shall select a uniform election date under Section 41.001,...
• Texas Section 21.021 - Applicability
  This subchapter applies only to a general-law municipality. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
• Texas Section 21.022 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "District attorney" includes a criminal district attorney. (2) "Incompetency" means: (A) gross ignorance of official duties; (B) gross carelessness in the...
• Texas Section 21.023 - Removal From Office
  The district judge may remove an officer of the municipality from office as provided by this subchapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1567,...
• Texas Section 21.024 - No Removal Before Action
  An officer may not be removed under this subchapter for an act the officer committed before election to office if the act was a matter...
• Texas Section 21.025 - General Grounds For Removal
  (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...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 21.027 - Citation Of Officer
  (a) After a petition for removal is filed, the person filing the petition shall apply to the district judge in writing for an order requiring...
• Texas Section 21.028 - Bond
  (a) The judge shall require the person filing the petition to execute a bond, with at least two good and sufficient sureties, in an amount...
• Texas Section 21.029 - Trial
  (a) An officer shall have the right to trial by jury. (b) The trial for the removal of an officer and the proceedings connected with...
• Texas Section 21.030 - Appeal
  (a) Either party to a removal action may appeal the final judgment to the court of appeals in the manner provided for other civil cases....
• Texas Section 21.031 - Removal By Criminal Conviction
  (a) The conviction of an officer for any felony or for a misdemeanor involving official misconduct operates as an immediate removal from office. (b) The...

SUBCHAPTER C REMOVAL OF MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODY OF CERTAIN GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITIES FOLLOWING ELECTION

• Texas Section 21.032 - Reelection Prohibited For Certain Period
  An officer removed under this subchapter is not eligible for reelection to the same office before the second anniversary of the date of the removal....
• Texas Section 21.101 - Removal By Recall Election Authorized
  A member of the governing body of a general-law municipality with a population of less than 5,000 located in a county that borders the United...
• Texas Section 21.102 - Petition
  (a) Before circulating a petition, a notice of intent to circulate a petition must be filed with the municipal clerk. A notice of intent to...
• Texas Section 21.103 - Review Of Petition
  (a) Not later than the 10th day after the date a petition is filed, the municipal clerk shall review the petition and determine whether the...
• Texas Section 21.104 - Election
  (a) Unless the member who is the target of the petition resigns before the sixth day after the date a petition and certificate are delivered...
• Texas Section 21.105 - Clerk
  In this subchapter, a municipal clerk includes a municipal secretary or any other officer of the municipality who performs the duties of a municipal clerk...

Last modified: September 28, 2016