Tex. Util. Code § 13.023 · Subchapter B. PUBLIC UTILITY 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 counsellor:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office or maintain during service as counsellor the qualifications required by Section 13.022;
(2) is ineligible for service as counsellor under Section 13.022, 13.042, or 13.043; or
(3) cannot discharge the counsellor's duties for a substantial part of the term for which the counsellor is appointed because of illness or disability.
(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 counsellor exists.
(c) If an employee has knowledge that a potential ground for removal of the counsellor exists, the employee shall notify the next highest ranking employee of the office, other than the counsellor, 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 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 166, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 300 (S.B. 409), Sec. 3, 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/UT/htm/UT.13.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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Utilities Code
- Tex. Util. Code § 13.022QUALIFICATIONS.Printed as Section 13.022 | Section 13.022, 13.042, or 13.043
- Tex. Util. Code § 13.042CONFLICT OF INTEREST.Printed as Section 13.022, 13.042, or 13.043
- Tex. Util. Code § 13.043PROHIBITION ON EMPLOYMENT OR REPRESENTATION.Printed as Section 13.022, 13.042, or 13.043
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