1. (a) It is a ground for removal from the state board that a trustee:

   1. (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 865.001;
   2. (2) does not maintain during service on the state board the qualifications required by Section 865.001;
   3. (3) violates a prohibition established by Section 865.002;
   4. (4) cannot discharge the person's duties for a substantial part of the term for which the person is appointed because of illness or disability; or
   5. (5) is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled state board meetings that the trustee is eligible to attend during a calendar year unless the absence is excused by a majority vote of the state board.
2. (b) The validity of an action of the state board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a trustee exists.
3. (c) If the executive director has knowledge that a potential ground for removal exists, the executive director shall notify the presiding officer of the state board of the ground. The presiding officer shall then notify the governor that a potential ground for removal exists.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 803 (S.B. 522), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1316 (S.B. 220), Sec. 1.12, eff. June 14, 2013.