§ 168.83Secretary of state or attorney general; impeachment; removal from office; service

of charges, hearing.
 Sec. 83.
     Any person holding the office of secretary of state or attorney general may be removed
 from office upon conviction in impeachment proceedings for the reasons and in the manner set
 forth in section 7 of article 11 of the state constitution. The governor shall have the power and
 it shall be his duty, except at such times as the legislature may be in session, to examine into
 the condition and administration of the public offices and the acts of the public officers
 enumerated herein, and to remove from office for gross neglect of duty or for corrupt conduct
 in office, or any other misfeasance or malfeasance therein, and report the causes of such
 removal to the legislature at its next session as provided in section 10 of article 5 of the state
 constitution. Such person shall be served with a written notice of the charges against him and
 be afforded an opportunity for a public hearing conducted personally by the governor.