Violation of Charter, this chapter or rules and regulations.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 14-16
in effectSec. 14-16. - Violation of Charter, this chapter or rules and regulations.
(a) Whenever any person or any officer or employee of the city has any positive duty imposed upon him, or any person or any officer or employee of the city is prohibited from the doing of any act by the Charter provisions for civil service, by this chapter or by the rules and regulations of the civil service commission, now or hereafter adopted and approved by the city council and filed in the office of the city secretary, a willful failure, refusal or neglect to perform such duty, or the willful doing of any act prohibited, shall constitute an offense, and the officer or employee or person convicted thereof shall be punished as provided by section 1-6 of this Code.
(b) If any person or any officer or employee of the city shall be convicted under subsection (a) above, any office, place or position which he may hold with the city shall, by force of such conviction, be rendered vacant, and such person, officer or employee shall be incapable of holding any appointive office, or any office, place or position in the classified service of the city.
(Ord. No. 2015-1300, § 2(Exh. A), 12-16-2015)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14CISE_ARTIINGE_S14-16VICHCHRUREFetched: 10/26/2026