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66.26 - APPOINTIVE STATE OFFICERS.

        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]