Removal of Township Officers and Appointees

Act 69 of 1933, § 503, under SECOND CLASS TOWNSHIP CODE, THE.

Act 69 of 1933, § 503

Section 503. Removal of Township Officers and Appointees.--Whether elected or duly appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office, a township officer shall be removable from office only by impeachment, or by the Governor for reasonable cause after due notice and full hearing on the advice of two-thirds of the Senate, or upon conviction of misbehavior in office, or of an infamous crime in accordance with the Constitution of Pennsylvania, but the officer's title to office may be tried by proceedings of quo warranto as provided by law.

(503 amended Nov. 24, 2015, P.L.426, No.68)