1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the removal of members of the board of regents of 1-3 Midwestern State University. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Education Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Section 103.031 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 103.031. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. (a) It 1-8 is a ground for removal from the board that a member: 1-9 (1) commits malfeasance of office; 1-10 (2) cannot, because of illness or disability, 1-11 discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the 1-12 member's term; or 1-13 (3) is absent from more than half of the regularly 1-14 scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend 1-15 during a calendar year, unless the absence is excused by majority 1-16 vote of the board. 1-17 (b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected 1-18 by the fact that it was taken when a ground for removal of a board 1-19 member existed. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 73 passed the Senate on February 15, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 0, one present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 73 passed the House on May 8, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor