11-2-103 - Removal of commissioner. - Tennessee Statutes

11-2-103. Removal of commissioner.

(a)  The governor may remove a commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, after first delivering to the commissioner a copy of the charges and affording the commissioner an opportunity of being publicly heard in person or by counsel in the commissioner's own defense, upon not less than ten (10) days' notice.

(b)  If such commissioner is removed, the governor shall file in the office of the secretary of state a complete statement of all charges made against such commissioner and the governor's findings thereon, together with a complete record of the proceedings.

[Acts 1939, ch. 217, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.67 (Williams, § 255.75c); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 11-203.]