West Virginia Code § 15-16-6

Removal from office for malfeasance, neglect of duty, and failure to
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faithfully discharge duties of office.
Any elected official who takes official action that results in a law, ordinance, resolution, rule,
regulation, policy, directive, order, practice, or procedure to come into or continue in effect
that violates the provisions of this article has failed to faithfully execute the duties of his or
her office, has acted with neglect of duty, and has engaged in malfeasance ien office, and thus
may be removed from the same in accordance with Article IV, §6 of the constitution of this
state, §6-6-5 of this code, §6-6-7 of this code, or any other applicable prrovision of the law of
this state.

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