66.26 Appointive state officers.

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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.

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

Referred to in §4A.11, 46.5