Tex.
Gov't Code Section 659.1401
Grounds for Removal from State Policy Committee
(a)
It is a ground for removal from the state policy committee that a member:(1)
does not have at the time of taking office the qualifications required by Section 659.140 (State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee);(2)
does not maintain during service on the state policy committee the qualifications required by Section 659.140 (State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee);(3)
is ineligible for membership under Section 659.140 (State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee);(4)
cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member’s duties for a substantial part of the member’s term; or(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.(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.(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.
Source:
Section 659.1401 — Grounds for Removal from State Policy Committee, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.659.htm#659.1401 (accessed May 26, 2025).
