{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-402.00121","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Labor Code § 402.00121","heading":"GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL.","body":"(a) It is a ground for removal from office that the commissioner:\n(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 402.00118;\n(2) does not maintain during service as commissioner the qualifications required by Section 402.00118;\n(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 402.00122, 402.00124, 402.00125, or 402.00126; or\n(4) cannot because of illness or incapacity discharge the commissioner's duties for a substantial part of the commissioner's term.\n(b) The validity of an action of the commissioner or the division is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of the commissioner exists.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 1.004, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["LABOR CODE","TITLE 5. WORKERS' COMPENSATION","SUBTITLE A. TEXAS WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT","CHAPTER 402. OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION SYSTEM","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF SYSTEM; WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.402.htm#402.00121","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:24Z","sha256":"bdb35b526ebb210210226b8b2482c60afb352e541450ba259efc428f7a1d55a2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-402.00120","next":"us-tx/tex.-labor-code-402.00122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}