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Like the Federal procedure, only a majority of the House is required to impeach an officer, while 2/3 of the Senate must vote to remove the officer.
Like the Federal procedure, only a majority of the House is required to impeach an officer, while 2/3 of the Senate must vote to remove the officer.
Where Texas procedure on impeachment and removal differs from Federal procedure is that a state officer who is impeached by the Texas House is immediately suspended (without pay and benefits) from office, pending a trial on removal by the Texas Senate, and removal from office makes the officer permanently ineligible for any state or local office in the future, regardless of whether the officer resigns beforehand. Under Federal procedure removal only removes the officer from his/her position but doesn't make them ineligible for another Federal one (such as with impeached and removed Federal judge [[Alcee Hastings]], who simply ran for and became a United States Representative).
Where Texas procedure on impeachment and removal differs from Federal procedure is that a state officer who is impeached by the Texas House is immediately suspended (without pay and benefits) from office, pending a trial on removal by the Texas Senate, and removal from office makes the officer permanently ineligible for any state or local office (but not a Federal one) in the future, regardless of whether the officer resigns beforehand. Under Federal procedure an officer remains in his/her position pending removal, which if done only removes the officer from his/her position and makes them ineligible for that position again but doesn't make them ineligible for another Federal one (such as with impeached and removed Federal judge [[Alcee Hastings]], who simply ran for and became a United States Representative).
The action of impeachment and removal differs from the action of expulsion, which involves a member of one of the Legislative chambers; expulsion is taken only by the member's peers in his/her chamber while the other chamber has no part in the action.
The action of impeachment and removal differs from the action of expulsion, which involves a member of one of the Legislative chambers; expulsion is taken only by the member's peers in his/her chamber while the other chamber has no part in the action.