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.
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