1-1 By: Haywood S.B. No. 73 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2000; January 10, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 1-4 February 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 7, Nays 0; February 8, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the removal of members of the board of regents of 1-9 Midwestern State University. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Chapter 103, Education Code, is amended by adding 1-12 Section 103.031 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 103.031. GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBER. (a) It 1-14 is a ground for removal from the board that a member: 1-15 (1) commits malfeasance of office; 1-16 (2) cannot, because of illness or disability, 1-17 discharge the member's duties for a substantial part of the 1-18 member's term; or 1-19 (3) is absent from more than half of the regularly 1-20 scheduled board meetings that the member is eligible to attend 1-21 during a calendar year, unless the absence is excused by majority 1-22 vote of the board. 1-23 (b) The validity of an action of the board is not affected 1-24 by the fact that it was taken when a ground for removal of a board 1-25 member existed. 1-26 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately. 1-27 * * * * *