Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE |
Subtitle A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE |
Chapter 31. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT |
Subchapter B. COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE |
Sec. 31.027. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL
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(a) It is a ground for removal from office if the commissioner:
(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 31.023;
(2) does not maintain during service as commissioner the qualifications required by Section 31.023;
(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 33.001, 33.003, 33.004, or 33.005; or
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the commissioner's duties for a substantial part of the commissioner's term.
(b) The validity of an action of the commissioner or the department is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of the commissioner exists.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.