5-5-413. Suspension pending trial -- filling vacancy. (1) Whenever articles of impeachment against any officer subject to impeachment are presented to the senate, the officer is temporarily suspended from office and cannot act in an official capacity until the officer is acquitted.
(2) Upon suspension of any officer other than the governor, the office must be at once temporarily filled by an appointment made by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The term of the appointment is until the acquittal of the party impeached or, in case of the party's removal, until the vacancy is filled at the next election as required by law.