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Texas Government Code - Section 497.0522. Removal Provisions

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§ 497.0522. REMOVAL PROVISIONS.  (a) It is a ground for 
removal from the authority that a member:
		(1)  does not have at the time of taking office the 
qualifications required by Section 497.052(a);
		(2)  does not maintain during service on the authority 
the qualifications required by Section 497.052(a);
		(3)  is ineligible for membership under Section 
497.052(d) or 497.0521(b) or (c);
		(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 authority meetings that the member is eligible to attend 
during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote 
of the authority.
	(b)  The validity of an action of the authority is not 
affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of an 
authority member exists.
	(c)  If the executive director has knowledge that a potential 
ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the 
presiding officer of the authority 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 authority, who shall then notify the governor and the attorney 
general that a potential ground for removal exists.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, § 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.     

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