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Article III, § 13 — Removal of officers by Governor; procedure

Delaware Const. art. III, § 13

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Del. Const. art. III, § 13.

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The Governor may for any reasonable cause remove any officer, except the Lieutenant Governor and members of the General Assembly, upon the address of two-thirds of all the members elected to each House of the General Assembly. Whenever the General Assembly shall so address the Governor, the cause of removal shall be entered on the journals of each House. The person against whom the General Assembly may be about to proceed shall receive notice thereof, accompanied with the cause alleged for the person’s removal, at least 10 days before the day on which either House of the General Assembly shall act thereon.

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History

71 Del. Laws, c. 379; 72 Del. Laws, c. 136; 84 Del. Laws, c. 281; 85 Del. Laws, c. 5

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