Texas Insurance Code

§ 31.027 — GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL

IN § 31.027Title 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE · Part A. ADMINISTRATION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE · Ch. 31. ORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT · Art. B. COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE

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

(1)does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications required by Section 31.023;

(2)does not maintain during service as commissioner the qualifications required by Section 31.023;

(3)violates a prohibition established by Section 33.001, 33.003, 33.004, or 33.005; or

(4)cannot, because of illness or disability, 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 department is not affected by the fact that it is taken when a ground for removal of the commissioner exists.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 101, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.