{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-501.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 501.055","heading":"GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.","body":"(a) It is a ground for removal from office if the public counsel:\n(1) does not have at the time of appointment or maintain during service as public counsel the qualifications required by Section 501.052;\n(2) violates a prohibition established by Section 501.053, 501.054, 501.056, or 501.102; or\n(3) cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the public counsel's duties for a substantial part of the public counsel's term.\n(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 public counsel exists.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE A. PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL","CHAPTER 501. OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL","SUBCHAPTER B. PUBLIC COUNSEL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.501.htm#501.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"640e5338b37ce6316a21272c07eed2d65f13df4d518140b5591605e15351ea19","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-501.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-501.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}