Sec. 452.056. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

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

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 452.051;

(2) does not maintain during service on the executive council the qualifications required by Section 452.051;

(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 452.053;

(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 executive council meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by majority vote of the executive council.

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

(c) If the director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of the executive council of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the authority that appointed the member that a potential ground for removal exists.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.