Tex. Agric. Code § 161.029 · Subchapter B. TEXAS ANIMAL HEALTH COMMISSION
REMOVAL OF COMMISSION MEMBERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from the commission if a member:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 161.021;
(2) does not maintain during service on the commission the qualifications required by Section 161.021;
(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 161.021(d) or 161.028;
(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 commission meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the commission.
(b) The validity of an action of the commission is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a commission 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 commission 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 officer of the commission, who shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 386, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 554, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1242 (H.B. 2543), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (S.B. 705), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.161.htm
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