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Tex. Lab. Code § 402.00121

GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401.001 to 419.007 (623 sections).

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 1.004, eff

(a) It is a ground for removal from office that the commissioner:

(1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 402.00118;

(2) does not maintain during service as commissioner the qualifications required by Section 402.00118;

(3) violates a prohibition established by Section 402.00122, 402.00124, 402.00125, or 402.00126; or

(4) cannot because of illness or incapacity discharge the commissioner's duties for a substantial part of the commissioner's term.

(b) The validity of an action of the commissioner or the division is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of the commissioner exists.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.