Sec. 111.0131. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS

(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 111.013(b) for appointment to the board;

(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 111.013(b) for appointment to the board;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 111.013 or 111.025;

(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board.

(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.

(c) If the commissioner has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the commissioner shall notify the chairman of the board of the potential ground. The chairman of the board shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the commissioner shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.

Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 603, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 393, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.