Texas Government Code 54.853 – Qualifications
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 54.853
- Impeachment: (1) The process of calling something into question, as in "impeaching the testimony of a witness." (2) The constitutional process whereby the House of Representatives may "impeach" (accuse of misconduct) high officers of the federal government for trial in the Senate.
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
To be eligible for appointment as a criminal law hearing officer under this subchapter, a person must:
(1) be a resident of this state and the county;
(2) have been licensed to practice law in this state for at least four years;
(3) not have been defeated for reelection to a judicial office;
(4) not have been removed from office by impeachment, by the supreme court, by the governor on address to the legislature, by a tribunal reviewing a recommendation of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, or by the legislature’s abolition of the judge’s court; and
(5) not have resigned from office after having received notice that formal proceedings by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct had been instituted as provided in § 33.022 and before the final disposition of the proceedings.