2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 21 - MUNICIPALITIES
Chapter 31 - Civil Service.
21-31-21 - Tenure of office and grounds for discipline.
§ 21-31-21. Tenure of office and grounds for discipline.
The tenure of everyone holding an office, place, position or employment under the provisions of Sections 21-31-1 through 21-31-27 shall be only during good behavior. Any such person may be removed or discharged, suspended without pay, demoted or reduced in rank, or deprived of vacation privileges or other special privileges, or any combination thereof, for any of the following reasons:
Incompetency, inefficiency, or inattention of duty; dishonesty, intemperance, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public or a fellow employee, or any other act of omission or commission tending to injure the public service.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 3825-10; Laws, 1944, ch. 208, § 9; Laws, 1984, ch. 521, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1984.
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