Texas § 659.1401 GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM STATE POLICY COMMITTEE.

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§ 659.1401 — GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM STATE POLICY COMMITTEE.

Texas § 659.1401

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 659.1401 (2026).

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Sec. 659.1401. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM STATE POLICY COMMITTEE.

(a)It is a ground for removal from the state policy committee that a member:

(1)does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 659.140 ;

(2)does not maintain during service on the state policy committee the qualifications required by Section 659.140 ;

(3)is ineligible for membership under Section 659.140 ;

(4)cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or

(5)is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled state policy committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the state policy committee.

(b)The validity of an action of t

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Sec. 659.1401. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM STATE POLICY COMMITTEE. (a) It is a ground for removal from the state policy committee that a member:
(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 659.140 ;
(2) does not maintain during service on the state policy committee the qualifications required by Section 659.140 ;
(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 659.140 ;
(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or
(5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled state policy committee meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the state policy committee.
(b) The validity of an action of the state policy committee is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a state policy committee member exists.
(c) If the chair of the state policy committee has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the chair shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists. If the potential ground for removal involves the chair, another member of the state policy committee shall notify the governor and the attorney general that a potential ground for removal exists.