Sec. 262.0555. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

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

(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 262.052;

(2) does not maintain during service on the advisory committee the qualifications required by Section 262.052;

(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 262.053;

(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 advisory committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the advisory committee.

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

(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the advisory committee of the potential ground. The presiding officer 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 executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the advisory committee, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 17, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.