Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 2 Courts Of Record - Chapter 2.64 Commission On Judicial Conduct

2.64.010 Definitions -- Application
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Admonishment" means a written disposition of an advisory nature ...

2.64.020 Membership -- Terms
The commission shall consist of eleven members. One member shall be a judge selected by and from the court of appeals judges; one member shall ...

2.64.030 Disqualification -- Vacancies -- Limitations on terms -- Alternates -- Removal
Commission membership shall terminate if a member ceases to hold the position that qualified him or her for appointment. Vacancies caused by disqualification or resignation ...

2.64.040 Compensation and travel expenses
Commission members and alternate members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.[1984 ...

2.64.050 Employment of personnel -- Expenditures authorized
The commission may employ personnel, including attorneys, and make any other expenditures necessary for the effective performance of its duties and the exercise of its ...

2.64.055 Disciplinary actions authorized
The commission is authorized to impose the following disciplinary actions, in increasing order of severity: (a) Admonishment; (b) reprimand; or (c) censure. If the conduct ...

2.64.057 Investigation of conduct occurring prior to, on, or after December 4, 1980
The commission is authorized to investigate and consider for probative value any conduct that may have occurred prior to, on, or after December 4, 1980, ...

2.64.060 Administration of oaths -- Powers as to witnesses, papers, books, etc. -- Subpoenas
Each member of the commission, and any special master appointed by the commission, may administer oaths. The commission may summon and examine witnesses and compel ...

2.64.070 Refusal to obey subpoena -- Powers of superior court
If a person refuses to obey a subpoena issued by the commission or refuses to answer any proper question during a hearing or proceeding, the ...

2.64.080 Privilege from suit
Members and employees of the commission, including any lawyers or special masters temporarily employed by the commission, are absolutely privileged from suit in any action, ...

2.64.092 Administrative procedure act not applicable
The adjudicative proceedings, judicial review, and civil enforcement provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, do not apply to any investigations, initial proceedings, ...

2.64.094 Suspension of judge or justice
If the commission adopts a recommendation that a judge or justice be removed, the judge or justice shall be suspended, with salary, from his or ...

2.64.096 Disclosure of material tending to negate determination
Whenever the commission determines that there is probable cause to believe that a judge or justice has violated a rule of judicial conduct or that ...

2.64.100 Proposed operating budgets -- Reports to legislature
The commission shall prepare and present to the legislature proposed operating budgets for the commission in accordance with the provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. The ...

2.64.111 Exemption from public disclosure -- Records subject to public disclosure, when
All pleadings, papers, evidence records, and files of the commission, including complaints and the identity of complainants, compiled or obtained during the course of an ...

2.64.113 Confidentiality -- Violations
The commission shall provide by rule for confidentiality of its investigations and initial proceedings in accordance with Article IV, section 31 of the state Constitution. ...

2.64.115 Application of open public meetings act -- Exemptions
The commission is subject to the open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW. However, investigations, initial proceedings, public hearings, and executive sessions involving the discipline ...

2.64.120 Independent part of judicial branch
The commission shall for all purposes be considered an independent part of the judicial branch of government.[1981 c 268 § 13.] ...

2.64.910 Severability -- 1981 c 268
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...