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Texas Constitution, Article 15

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Article 15, Impeachment

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Tex. Const. art. 15, § 1 POWER OF IMPEACHMENT
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The power of impeachment shall be vested in the House of Representatives.
Tex. Const. art. 15, § 2 TRIAL OF IMPEACHMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS BY SENATE
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Impeachment of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Comptroller and the Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and District Court shall be tried by the Senate. (Amended Nov. 7, 1995.)
Tex. Const. art. 15, § 3 OATH OR AFFIRMATION OF SENATORS; CONCURRENCE OF TWO-THIRDS REQUIRED
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When the Senate is sitting as a Court of Impeachment, the Senators shall be on oath, or affirmation impartially to try the party impeached, and no person shall be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators present.
Tex. Const. art. 15, § 4 JUDGMENT; INDICTMENT, TRIAL, AND PUNISHMENT
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Judgment in cases of impeachment shall extend only to removal from office, and disqualification from holding any office of honor, trust or profit under this State. A party convicted on impeachment shall also be subject to indictment, trial and punishment according to law.

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Tex. Const. art. 15, § 5 SUSPENSION PENDING IMPEACHMENT; PROVISIONAL APPOINTMENTS

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All officers against whom articles of impeachment may be preferred shall be suspended from the exercise of the duties of their office, during the pendency of such impeachment. The Governor may make a provisional appointment to fill the vacancy occasioned by the suspension of an o…

Tex. Const. art. 15, § 6 JUDGES OF DISTRICT COURT; REMOVAL BY SUPREME COURT

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Any judge of the District Courts of the State who is incompetent to discharge the duties of his office, or who shall be guilty of partiality, or oppression, or other official misconduct, or whose habits and conduct are such as to render him unfit to hold such office, or who shall…

Tex. Const. art. 15, § 7 REMOVAL OF OFFICERS WHEN MODE NOT PROVIDED IN CONSTITUTION

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The Legislature shall provide by law for the trial and removal from office of all officers of this State, the modes for which have not been provided in this Constitution.

Tex. Const. art. 15, § 8 REMOVAL OF JUDGES BY GOVERNOR ON ADDRESS OF TWO-THIRDS OF EACH HOUSE OF LEGISLATURE

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The Judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and District Courts, shall be removed by the Governor on the address of two-thirds of each House of the Legislature, for wilful neglect of duty, incompetency, habitual drunkenness, oppression in office, or other reasonable cause w…

Tex. Const. art. 15, § 9 REMOVAL OF PUBLIC OFFICER BY GOVERNOR WITH ADVICE AND CONSENT OF SENATE

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(a) In addition to the other procedures provided by law for removal of public officers, the governor who appoints an officer may remove the officer with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the members of the senate present. (b) If the legislature is not in session when the go…