§ 20 — Charges against city officers

§ 20. Charges against city officers. Whenever it is provided herein,\nor otherwise by law, that an officer of the city shall hold office\nduring good behavior or shall be removed only upon charges, such charges\nshall be for disability for service or neglect or dereliction of\nofficial duty or incompetency or incapacity to perform his official\nduties or some delinquency materially affecting his general character or\nfitness for the office, unless otherwise specifically provided by law.\nWhere the charges are for disability for service, the examination shall\nbe one of inquiry only and the decision made in a proper case, may be\nfor honorable discharge from service. In all other cases the examination\nshall be a trial, conducted under such reasonable rules and regulations\nas shall be prescribed by the officer, officers, board or body before\nwhom the trial is held. Whenever an elective city officer shall be or\nbecome permanently disabled, or permanently incapacitated and is thereby\nrendered incapable of performing his official duties during the\nremainder of his term of office, such officer may be removed upon\ncharges and after hearing, in the same manner as is provided herein or\notherwise by law, for the removal of appointive officers of the city.\n