2009 Iowa Code
Title 2 - Elections and Official Duties
Subtitle 2 - Public Officers and Employees
CHAPTER 67 - SUSPENSION OF STATE OFFICERS
67.5 - DUTY OF GOVERNOR.

        67.5  DUTY OF GOVERNOR.
         The governor, if the governor finds from said report that matters
      exist which would be grounds for removing said officer from office,
      shall proceed as follows:
         1.  If the officer is an elective state officer, not removable
      under impeachment proceedings, or if said officer is an appointive
      state officer, the governor shall lay a copy of said report before
      the attorney general.
         2.  If the officer is an appointive state officer, the governor
      shall also lay a copy of said report before the executive council.
         3.  If the officer is one who is removable only under impeachment
      proceedings the governor shall, by written order, forthwith suspend
      such officer from the exercise of the office, and require the officer
      to deliver all the moneys, books, papers, and other property of the
      state to the governor, to be disposed of as hereinafter provided.  

         [R60, § 48; C73, § 760; C97, § 1261; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
      1123; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 67.5]
         Failure to keep proper accounts, § 11.5
         Impeachable officers, Iowa Constitution, Art. III, § 20; also §
      68.1
         Removal by executive council, § 66.26
         Suspension of member of state board of regents, § 262.5