Tex. Occ. Code § 351.056 · Subchapter B. TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD
GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) It is a ground for removal from the board that a member:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Sections 351.051 and 351.052;
(2) does not maintain during service on the board the qualifications required by Sections 351.051 and 351.052;
(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 351.051 or 351.053;
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or
(5) without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the board, is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year.
(b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a board member exists.
(c) A board member who no longer has the qualifications required by Sections 351.051, 351.052, and 351.053 shall immediately inform the governor and the attorney general of that fact and shall resign from the board.
(d) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the board of the potential ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the presiding officer, the executive director shall notify the next highest ranking officer of the board, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 101 (H.B. 1025), Sec. 1.005, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.351.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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Occupations Code
- Tex. Occ. Code § 351.051TEXAS OPTOMETRY BOARD; MEMBERSHIP.Printed as Section 351.051 or 351.053 | Sections 351.051 and 351.052 | Sections 351.051, 351.052, and 351.053
- Tex. Occ. Code § 351.052MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY.Printed as Sections 351.051 and 351.052 | Sections 351.051, 351.052, and 351.053
- Tex. Occ. Code § 351.053MEMBERSHIP AND EMPLOYEE RESTRICTIONS; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.Printed as Section 351.051 or 351.053 | Sections 351.051, 351.052, and 351.053
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