The appointing authority may remove any members appointed by it for cause. No member
or the chairperson of the authority shall be thus removed unless he or she has been
given a copy of the charges against him or her and an opportunity to be publicly heard
in his or her own defense in person or by counsel with at least ten days written notice.
A member or the chairperson removed from office shall have the right of judicial review
of his or her removal by an appeal to the Superior Court of Cobb County but only on
the ground of error of law or abuse of discretion. In case of an abandonment of his
or her office, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, or a plea of nolo
contendere thereto, the office of such member or chairperson shall be declared vacant
by the authority. A member or the chairperson shall be deemed to have abandoned his
or her office upon failure to attend any regular or special meeting of the authority
for a period of three months without excuse approved by a resolution of the authority.
