If a court fails to properly report traffic convictions to the Department of Public Safety, the judge or clerk may be removed for misconduct in office.

• A. Only with a court order
• B. True
• C. Only if more than 100 convictions
• D. False

Answer: (B)

The crucial idea is that court personnel have a duty to perform official tasks, like reporting traffic convictions to the Department of Public Safety. When those convictions aren’t reported, it compromises public records and public safety, and it shows a failure to carry out essential duties. That kind of neglect constitutes misconduct in office, and misconduct can be grounds for removal by the appropriate authority. There’s no requirement for a court order to trigger removal, nor a specific numerical threshold of missed convictions; the failure itself is enough to be considered misconduct. So the statement is true.