Tex. Lab. Code § 402.00121 · Subchapter A. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF SYSTEM; WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION

GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) It is a ground for removal from office that the commissioner:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 402.00118;

(2) does not maintain during service as commissioner the qualifications required by Section 402.00118;

(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 402.00122, 402.00124, 402.00125, or 402.00126; or

(4) cannot because of illness or incapacity discharge the commissioner's duties for a substantial part of the commissioner's term.

(b) The validity of an action of the commissioner or the division is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of the commissioner exists.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 1.004, eff. September 1, 2005.

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Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.402.htm
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