{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-659.1401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 659.1401","heading":"GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM STATE POLICY COMMITTEE.","body":"(a) It is a ground for removal from the state policy committee that a member:\n(1) does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 659.140;\n(2) does not maintain during service on the state policy committee the qualifications required by Section 659.140;\n(3) is ineligible for membership under Section 659.140;\n(4) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1315 (S.B. 217), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","SUBTITLE B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES","CHAPTER 659. COMPENSATION","SUBCHAPTER I. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.659.htm#659.1401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"fe72f94ce20f765d5a561b65a460bf143d025fbbf60d95ea56caaad2beffee3e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-659.140","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-659.1402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}