Monday, Monday - Let's Talk RECALL!

Dear readers, dear Copperas Cove voters, here's how you do it!
For your education and reading pleasure with a cup of java this afternoon:

Sec. 3.13. - Power to recall.

(a)

Power to recall. The voters of the City of Copperas Cove shall have the power to recall any elected officer of this city for the reasons of incompetency and official misconduct and upon conviction of a crime of moral turpitude.

(1)

Incompetency means gross ignorance of official duties; gross carelessness in the discharge of official duties; or inability or unfitness to promptly and properly discharge official duties because of a serious mental or physical defect that did not exist at the time of the officer's election.

(2)

Official misconduct means intentional unlawful behavior relating to official duties and includes intentional or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect to perform a duty imposed on the officer by law.

(b)

Requirements of a recall petition.

(1)

A petition for recall shall specifically state the grounds alleged for the removal of the officer in plain and intelligible language and must cite the time and place of the occurrence of each act alleged as a ground for removal with as much certainty as the nature of the case permits.

(2)

The petition shall be signed by qualified voters of the city equal in number two and one-half percent (2.50%) of the number of qualified voters registered to vote at the last general city election. The petition shall be verified by the same number of signers, with the same qualifications, and in the same manner required in the charter for an initiative petition.

(c)

Ordering of an election. If the petition is certified by the city secretary to be sufficient, the council shall order and hold, or cause to be held, on the next feasible date for such, an election as specified under state law, to determine whether such officer shall be recalled.

(d)

Limitation for removal. An officer may not be removed for an act the officer committed before election to office.

It's been done before and can be done again!