Tex. Gov't Code § 2308.056 · Subchapter B. COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION
GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from the council that a member who is not an ex officio member:
(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 2308.052;
(2) does not maintain during service on the council the qualifications required by Section 2308.052;
(3) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term;
(4) is absent from more than one-fourth of the regularly scheduled council meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the council's members; or
(5) is absent from two consecutive council meetings for which the member received notice not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting.
(b) The validity of an action of the council is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a council 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 council of the 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 council, 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 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.81(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 818, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2308.htm
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