1. (a) It is a ground for removal that the adjutant general:

   1. (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications for service required by this chapter;
   2. (2) does not maintain the qualifications for service required by this chapter;
   3. (3) does not obtain approval of the General Officer Federal Recognition Board or its successors;
   4. (4) is found to have violated ethical standards of conduct of the federal government, this state, or the department; or
   5. (5) cannot discharge the duties required by the position because of illness or disability.
2. (b) The validity of an action of the adjutant general is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal exists.
3. (c) If a potential ground for removal exists, the deputy adjutant general with the longest tenure in that position in the department shall notify the governor that a potential ground for removal exists.

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1217 (S.B. 1536), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2013.