KRS 67C.143: Removal of elected officers of consolidated local government -- Hearing --

Vote of council -- Appeal -- Restrictions on eligibility for office or appointment

following removal.

(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, any elected officer of a co nsolidated local

government in case of misconduct, incapacity, or willful neglect in the performance

of the duties of his or her office may be removed from office by the legislative

council, sitting as a court, under oath, upon charges preferred by the may or or by

any five (5) members of the legislative council, or, in case of charges against the

mayor, upon charges preferred by not less than ten (10) members of the legislative

council.

(2) No elected officer shall be removed without having been given the r ight to a full

public hearing.

(3) A decision to remove a mayor, legislative council member, or appointee to a board

or commission shall require a vote of two -thirds (2/3) of the total number of

legislative council members.

(4) Any elected officer removed from office under the provisions of this section may

appeal to the Circuit Court and from there to the Court of Appeals. The appeal to

the Circuit Court shall be taken and tried in the same manner as civil cases are tried.

(5) (a) No elected officer remove d from office under this section shall be eligible to

fill the office vacated before the expiration of the term to which the elected

member was originally elected.

(b) Any appointee to a board or commission removed under this section shall not

be eligible for:

1. The office from which he or she was removed before five (5) years

following the date of his or her removal from that office; or

2. Appointment to a board or commission described in KRS

67C.103(13)(f) before five (5) years following the date of his or her

removal from that office.