66.26  Appointive state officers.

Any appointive state officer may also be removed from office by a majority vote of the executive council for any of the following causes:

1.  Habitual or willful neglect of duty.

2.  Any disability preventing a proper discharge of the duties of the office.

3.  Gross partiality.

4.  Oppression.

5.  Extortion.

6.  Corruption.

7.  Willful misconduct or maladministration in office.

8.  Conviction of felony.

9.  A failure to produce and fully account for all public funds and property in the officer's hands at any inspection or settlement.

10.  Becoming ineligible to hold the office.

Section History: Early form

  [S13, § 1258-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1114; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 66.26]


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