Section 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.

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