Tex. Gov't Code § 2306.033 · Subchapter B. GOVERNING BOARD AND DEPARTMENT
REMOVAL OF MEMBERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 2306.027;
(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Section 2306.027;
(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 2306.027(c), 2306.034, or 2306.035;
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term;
(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board; or
(6) engages in misconduct or unethical or criminal behavior.
(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.
(c) If the director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the director shall notify the presiding officer of the board 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 director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 980, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1367, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2306.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2306.027ELIGIBILITY.Printed as Section 2306.027 | Section 2306.027(c), 2306.034, or 2306.035
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2306.034DISQUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS AND CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.Printed as Section 2306.027(c), 2306.034, or 2306.035
- Tex. Gov't Code § 2306.035LOBBYIST RESTRICTION.Printed as Section 2306.027(c), 2306.034, or 2306.035
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