Grounds For Removal From Board

Sec. 451.510. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL FROM BOARD. The grounds for removal of a member of a board are: (1) inefficiency in office; (2) nonfeasance or malfeasance in office; (3) not having at the time of appointment or not maintaining during service on the board the qualifications for office described by Section 451.507; (4) a violation of Chapter 171, Local Government Code, or Section 451.112; (5) the inability, because of illness or disability, to discharge the member's duties of office during a substantial part of the term for which the member is appointed; and (6) absence, without having been excused by a majority vote of the board, from more than one-half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar year. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.