Pennsylvania HB876 proposes an amendment to the state constitution to change the grounds for removing civil officers.
Pennsylvania HB876 proposes an amendment to the state constitution, specifically altering the criteria for the removal of civil officers. Currently, civil officers can be removed for misbehavior in office or conviction of an infamous crime. The proposed amendment would change this to removal on a finding or verdict of guilt by a judge or jury, plea or admission of guilt, or plea of nolo contendere to a crime related to their conduct or rendering them ineligible to hold office.
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