Tex. Lab. Code § 404.055 · Subchapter B. INJURED EMPLOYEE PUBLIC COUNSEL
GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from office that the public counsel:
(1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain during service as public counsel the qualifications required by Section 404.052;
(2) violates a prohibition established by Section 404.053, 404.054, 404.056, or 404.057; 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 public counsel or 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 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.016, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.404.htm
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Labor Code
- Tex. Lab. Code § 404.052QUALIFICATIONS.Printed as Section 404.052
- Tex. Lab. Code § 404.053BUSINESS INTEREST; SERVICE AS PUBLIC COUNSEL.Printed as Section 404.053, 404.054, 404.056, or 404.057
- Tex. Lab. Code § 404.054LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.Printed as Section 404.053, 404.054, 404.056, or 404.057
- Tex. Lab. Code § 404.056PROHIBITED REPRESENTATION OR EMPLOYMENT.Printed as Section 404.053, 404.054, 404.056, or 404.057
- Tex. Lab. Code § 404.057TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.Printed as Section 404.053, 404.054, 404.056, or 404.057
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