Chapter 115

2011 -- H 6026

Enacted 06/28/11

A N A C T

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

Introduced By: Representatives DeSimone, Palumbo, Slater, and Lally

Date Introduced: April 05, 2011

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 fifteen (15) sixteen (16) 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;

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

attorney or public member who shall be appointed by the house minority leader, one attorney or

public member to be appointed by the president of the senate; and one attorney or public member

to be appointed by the senate minority leader; five (5) six (6) members of the judiciary appointed

by the supreme court, one each from the superior, family, district, and workers' compensation

courts, traffic tribunal and one at large member from any of the aforementioned courts shall be

chairperson.

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

while serving as a member thereof, hold any public office, 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 upon passage.

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