Tex. Ins. Code § 501.055 · Subchapter B. PUBLIC COUNSEL
GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from office if the public counsel:
(1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain during service as public counsel the qualifications required by Section 501.052;
(2) violates a prohibition established by Section 501.053, 501.054, 501.056, or 501.102; or
(3) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the public counsel's duties for a substantial part of the public counsel's term.
(b) The validity of an action of the office is not affected by the fact that the action is taken when a ground for removal of the public counsel exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.501.htm
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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.
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 501.052QUALIFICATIONS.Printed as Section 501.052
- Tex. Ins. Code § 501.053BUSINESS INTEREST; SERVICE AS PUBLIC COUNSEL.Printed as Section 501.053, 501.054, 501.056, or 501.102
- Tex. Ins. Code § 501.054LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 501.053, 501.054, 501.056, or 501.102
- Tex. Ins. Code § 501.056PROHIBITED REPRESENTATION OR EMPLOYMENT.Printed as Section 501.053, 501.054, 501.056, or 501.102
- Tex. Ins. Code § 501.102TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.Printed as Section 501.053, 501.054, 501.056, or 501.102
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