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Texas Constitution:Article V, Section 24 (view source)
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The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2020/kp-0345.pdf KP-345] (2020), opined that: "Article V, section 24 of the Texas Constitution authorizes the removal of certain named officers, not including the auditor, as well as 'other county officers' by district judges for official misconduct and other causes, upon the cause 'being set forth in writing and the finding of its truth by a jury.' | The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2020/kp-0345.pdf KP-345] (2020), opined that: "Article V, section 24 of the Texas Constitution authorizes the removal of certain named officers, not including the auditor, as well as 'other county officers' by district judges for official misconduct and other causes, upon the cause 'being set forth in writing and the finding of its truth by a jury.' Tex. Const. art. V, § 24. This provision, in place since 1876, is self-executing. ''See'' ''Trigg v. State'', 49 Tex. 645, 652–53 (1878). Nonetheless, the Legislature enacted a statutory removal process for county officers in subchapter B of chapter 87 of the Local Government Code. ''See generally'' TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE §§ 87.011-.019 (Removal by Petition and Trial)." | ||
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