The Florida Senate

137.06  Failure to give new bond; misfeasance.--Upon the failure of any state or county officer to give the new bond required by s. 137.05, within 60 days after he or she is called upon to do so, such failure on the part of any county officer shall be deemed and held to be a misfeasance within the meaning of the Constitution; and the Governor shall suspend such officer, as provided in s. 7, Art. IV of the State Constitution, and shall at once appoint a successor to fill such vacancy, who after giving the bond required and otherwise qualifying, shall take charge of the office to which he or she has been appointed, and perform the duties of the same until a successor shall have been elected and qualified, or the officer suspended be reinstated; and in all cases where officers are liable to impeachment under the Constitution, the failure to give the bond as hereinbefore mentioned shall constitute a ground of impeachment.

History.--s. 3, ch. 4413, 1895; GS 826; RGS 1573; CGL 2421; s. 6, ch. 69-216; s. 840, ch. 95-147.