(a) Removal of officer.-- A township officer, elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in elective office, shall be removable from office only by: (1) impeachment; (2) the Governor for reasonable cause after due notice and full hearing on the advice of two-thirds of the Senate; or (3) on conviction of misbehavior in office or of an infamous crime in accordance with the Constitution of Pennsylvania. (b) Quo warranto.-- Notwithstanding subsection (a), an officer's title to office may be tried by proceedings of quo warranto as provided by law.
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