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179.060 Removal of engineer -- Filling of vacancy.

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179.060 Removal of engineer -- Filling of vacancy. (1) The county judge/executive may remove the county engineer, appointed under KRS 179.020, at any time for incompetency, malfeasance or misfeasance in office upon <br>written charges after a hearing of which ten (10) days' notice shall be given by <br>serving a copy of the charges upon the county engineer. The hearing shall be at the <br>courthouse, in the county seat. (2) If upon the hearing the charges are sustained, the county judge/executive shall remove the county engineer and immediately notify him by mail of his removal. The <br>notice shall state specifically the grounds for removal. The record of the <br>proceedings shall be filed in the office of the county clerk. (3) Within ten (10) days after the removal, the county judge/executive, with the consent of the fiscal court, shall appoint a county engineer to fill the vacancy caused by the <br>removal. The person so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired term or until a <br>final order of a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the original county <br>engineer was wrongfully and illegally removed and directs his reinstatement. Effective: October 1, 1942 <br>History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4326.