Impeachment
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
(a) The Assembly has the sole power of . Impeachments shall be tried by the Senate. A person may not be convicted unless, by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two thirds of the membership of the Senate concurs.
(b) State officers elected on a statewide basis, members of the State Board of Equalization, and judges of state courts are subject to for misconduct in office. Judgment may extend only to removal from office and disqualification to hold any office under the State, but the person convicted or acquitted remains subject to criminal punishment according to law.
History: Sec. 18 added Nov. 8, 1966, by Prop. 1-a. Res.Ch. 139, 1966 1st Ex. Sess.
Simplified explanation
The Assembly has the sole power of impeachment and the Senate tries impeachments; conviction needs two thirds of the Senate. Statewide elected officers, Board of Equalization members, and state judges may be impeached for misconduct; judgment is limited to removal and disqualification.