Chapter 178

2007 -- H 5529

Enacted 07/02/07

A N A C T

RELATING TO COURTS AND CIVIL PROCEDURE - COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL TENURE AND DISCIPLINE

Introduced By: Representatives Lally, Williamson, Jackson, O`Neill, and Petrarca

Date Introduced: February 27, 2007

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 8-16-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 8-16 entitled "Commission

on Judicial Tenure and Discipline" is hereby amended to read as follows:

8-16-1. Composition -- Appointment. -- (a) There is hereby created a commission to be

known as the commission on judicial tenure and discipline, hereinafter referred to as the

commission. The commission shall consist of fourteen (14) fifteen (15) members: three (3) of

whom shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, none of

whom need be attorneys; three (3) of whom shall be appointed by the governor from a list of

attorneys provided by the Rhode Island bar association with the advice and consent of the senate,

that list of attorneys to include five (5) names for each member to be appointed by the governor;

three (3) of whom shall be members of the general assembly, two (2) one (1) attorney or public

member to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one (1) attorney or public

member who of whom shall be from appointed by the house minority party, leader, one (1)

attorney or public member and one to be appointed by the president of the senate; four (4) and

one (1) attorney or public member to be appointed by the senate minority leader; five (5)

members of the judiciary appointed by the supreme court, one each from the superior, family, and

district and workers' compensation courts and one at large member from any of the

aforementioned court courts shall be chairperson; one workers' compensation judge appointed by

the chief justice of the supreme court.

      (b) No member of the commission, except the appointed members of the general

assembly or the judiciary, shall, while serving as a member thereof, hold any public office, and no

member of the commission appointed by the governor shall or be in the employ of the state of

Rhode Island.

      (c) The chairperson of the commission shall direct the performance of such

administrative duties as may be required for the effective discharge of the obligations herein

made incumbent upon the commission.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.

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