Sec. 201.0151. REMOVAL FROM BOARD. (a) It is a ground for removal from the state board that a member:
(1) does not:
(A) if the member is elected, have at the time of election the qualifications required by Section 201.013(c); or
(B) if the member is appointed, have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 201.011(2);
(2) does not maintain during service on the state board the qualifications required by Section 201.011(2) or 201.013(c);
(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 201.0141;
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial portion of the member's term; or
(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled state board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year, without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the state board.
(b) The validity of an action of the state board is not affected by the fact that the action was taken when a ground for removal of a state board member exists.
(c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the chairman of the state board. The chairman shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the chairman, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the state 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. 611, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1095, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 61 (H.B. 1808), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
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