Rules of the Judiciary Commission Rules of the Judiciary Commission

OF THE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

November 30, 2007; January 16, 2009; May 22, 2009; October 15, 2010; July 1, 2016; December 2, 2016; February 17, 2017;

March 24, 2017; September 4, 2019; June 26, 2020; January 29, 2021; February 25, 2022; and May 20, 2022; March 28, 2025.

Table of Rules

Preamble

I. Sessions IX. Voting and Polls

II. Attendance and Quorum X. Confidentiality, Communications, and Media Communications

III. Form of Complaints and Self-Reported Misconduct

XI. Chair, Vice Chair, Chief Executive Officer, and Legal Counsel

IV. Receipt of Complaints; Screened Out Complaints XII. Recusal or Disqualification

V. Answering Complaints and Responding to Repetitive, Vexatious, Threatening, or Abusive Communications or Complaints

XIII. Budget

VI. Conduct of Preliminary Inquiries and Investigations

XIV. Members and Former Members; Disposition of Files; No Participation in Judicial Races

VII. Subpoenas; Production of Evidence; Oaths; Filings Made with the Commission; Bench Books and Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Judge’s Duty to Cooperate; Case Managers; Prehearing Motions; and Exhibits

XV. Notice to Judge that the Commission will Recommend Discipline or File a Notice of Hearing; Notice to the Press.

VIII. Conduct of Hearings; Admissibility of Evidence; No recording of proceedings

XVI. Hearing Officers

XVII. Enforcement of Financial Disclosure Rules

PREAMBLE

Pursuant to Article V, Section 25, Constitution of 1974, and to Rule XXIII of the Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, the following rules for the conduct of the business of The Judiciary Commission, State of Louisiana, are adopted. The appropriate citation form for these rules shall be “JCL Rule___.”