SRC-MWN S.B. 73 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 73
77R63 JSA-DBy: Haywood
Education
1/26/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 


Currently, Midwestern State University does not have the grounds for
removal of a board member included in its operating statute. As proposed,
S.B. 73 provides guidelines that put in place grounds for removal of a
board member. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 103, Education Code, by adding Section 103.031,
as follows: 

Sec. 103.031. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. Provides that it is a
ground for removal from the board that a member commits malfeasance of
office; cannot, because of illness or disability, discharge the member's
duties for a substantial part of the member's term; or  is absent from more
than half of the regularly scheduled board meetings that the member is
eligible to attend during a calender year, unless the absence is excused by
majority vote of the board. Provides that the validity of an action of the
board is not affected by the fact that it was taken when a ground for
removal of a board member existed. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage.