Section 791.222 - Probation officers; appointment, supervision, and removal; grounds for removal of probation employee; receipt of compensation, gift, or gratuity as misdemeanor; powers and duties of commission(1) The commission shall appoint, supervise, and remove probation officers for the circuit court and recorder's court of this state, in the manner provided by the laws of this state.(2) The commission may remove a probation employee for incompetency, misconduct, or failure to carry out the orders of the department, or for neglect of duty.(3) A probation employee who receives compensation from public funds under this act, and receives any compensation, gift, or gratuity from a person under probation or from a person, partnership, association, or corporation for doing or refraining from doing an official act connected with his or her work as a probation employee, or connected with a proceeding pending or about to be instituted in the circuit court or recorder's court is guilty of a misdemeanor.(4) The commission shall be vested with the powers and duties prescribed by the law with respect to probation recovery camps.1953, Act 232, Eff. 10/2/1953 ;--Am. 1979, Act 89, Eff. 4/1/1980.