Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.0422 · Subchapter C. ORGANIZATION, POWERS, AND DUTIES
REMOVAL OF APPOINTED BOARD MEMBER BY COMMISSIONERS COURT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section does not apply to a district unless the commissioners court of the county in which the district is located adopts this section by resolution.
(a-1) This section applies only to an appointed board member. This section does not apply to a board member who:
(1) is elected; or
(2) is appointed to fill a vacancy in an elected board member position.
(b) The commissioners court of the county in which a district is located, by an order adopted by a majority vote after a hearing, may remove a board member for:
(1) incompetency, as defined by Section 87.011, Local Government Code;
(2) official misconduct, as defined by Section 87.011, Local Government Code; or
(3) misconduct, as defined by Section 178.001, Local Government Code.
(b-1) Section 551.0745, Government Code, applies to a deliberation regarding a removal of a board member in the same manner as that section applies to a deliberation regarding a dismissal of a member of an advisory body.
(c) Not later than the 30th day before the date on which the hearing is held, a commissioners court seeking removal under this section must:
(1) notify the board members that it is considering that action; and
(2) provide the board member with an opportunity to show cause why the board member should not be removed.
(d) The validity of a board action is not affected because it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 308 (H.B. 527), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 116 (H.B. 1917), Sec. 1, eff. May 21, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 116 (H.B. 1917), Sec. 2, eff. May 21, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 639 (S.B. 917), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 639 (S.B. 917), Sec. 8, eff. June 17, 2011.
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