Sec. 51.209. ADVISORY BOARDS; REMOVAL OF ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER. (a) This section applies to any advisory board appointed to advise the commission or department regarding a program subject to regulation by the department.
(b) An advisory board member who was appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the commission's approval may be removed from the advisory board by the presiding officer with the commission's approval on any of the following grounds:
(1) the member does not have at the time of becoming a member of the advisory board the qualifications required by the law or rule authorizing appointment of the member;
(2) the member does not maintain during service on the advisory board the qualifications required by the law or rule authorizing appointment of the member;
(3) the member cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the member's term;
(4) the member is absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled advisory board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year without an excuse approved by a majority vote of the advisory board; or
(5) the member is unfit to continue serving on the advisory board.
(c) The validity of an action of an advisory board is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of a member exists.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 669 (H.B. 2310), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
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