A report of the public hearing(s) shall be presented to the State Board. After reviewing all relative facts obtained at the hearing, the State Board shall determine if the facts support removal of a district director for the reason(s) described in the petition. The State Board shall record their vote for removal and if a majority of the State Board votes for removal, the district director is removed under the authority of §201.076(e), Agriculture Code of Texas. Should the subject of the public hearing, after being duly notified, does not respond and does not react to the public hearing(s), the State Board may consider the lack of response to be a plea of nolo contendere.

Source Note: The provisions of this §527.6 adopted to be effective October 14, 2004, 29 TexReg 9549