Tex. Gov't Code § 865.005 · Chapter 865. ADMINISTRATION
GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF TRUSTEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from the state board that a trustee:
(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 865.001;
(2) does not maintain during service on the state board the qualifications required by Section 865.001;
(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 865.002;
(4) cannot discharge the person's duties for a substantial part of the term for which the person is appointed because of illness or disability; or
(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled state board meetings that the trustee is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused 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 it is taken when a ground for removal of a trustee 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 state board of the ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor that a potential ground for removal exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 803 (S.B. 522), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1316 (S.B. 220), Sec. 1.12, eff. June 14, 2013.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.865.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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