§ 30.11 REMOVAL FOR MISCONDUCT, INABILITY, OR NEGLECT.
   No elected officer shall be removed without having been given the right to a full public hearing. The officer, if removed, shall have the right to appeal to the circuit court of the county and the appeal shall be on the record. No officer so removed shall be eligible to fill the office vacated before the expiration of the term to which originally elected.
(KRS 83A.040(9))