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.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1315 (S.B. 217), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Subchapter I. Charitable Contributions
Section 659.1311. Public Junior Colleges
Section 659.132. Deduction Authorized
Section 659.133. Voluntary Participation
Section 659.134. Designation of an Eligible Charitable Organization
Section 659.135. Confidentiality
Section 659.136. Revocation or Change of Authorization
Section 659.137. Duration of Deduction
Section 659.138. Time of Campaign
Section 659.139. Fair and Equitable Management of Campaign
Section 659.140. State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee
Section 659.1401. Grounds for Removal From State Policy Committee
Section 659.1402. Training for State Policy Committee Members
Section 659.141. State Campaign Manager
Section 659.142. State Employee Charitable Campaign Advisory Committee
Section 659.145. Terms of Committee Members; Compensation
Section 659.147. Eligibility of Charitable Organizations for Local Participation
Section 659.149. Fund-Raising Practices
Section 659.150. Limitation on the Use of Contributions