As used in KRS 63.100 to 63.160, unless the context requires otherwise, "neglect of duty" includes the following things listed but does not exclude things not listed:

1. (1) The commission of a trespass or wrongful act in the performance of official duty;
2. (2) Accepting a bribe to neglect official duty;
3. (3) Gross neglect equivalent to fraud;
4. (4) Willful neglect and such forms of misfeasance or malfeasance as involve a failure in the performance of the duties required by law;
5. (5) Careless or intentional failure to exercise due diligence in the performance of official duty;
6. (6) Habitual drunkenness in office; or,
7. (7) Gross immorality or misconduct in office amounting to neglect of duty.

Effective: October 1, 1942

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 3766a-6.