68.2  Specification of charges -- majority must concur.

An impeachment must specify the offenses charged as in an indictment. If more than one misdemeanor or malfeasance is charged, each shall be stated separately and distinctly. A majority of all the members of the house of representatives elected must concur in the impeachment.

Section History: Early form

  [C51, § 3157, 3158; R60, § 4938--4940; C73, § 4547--4549; C97, § 5470; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1132; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 68.2]


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