Rule 5 Meetings

(a) The Commission shall meet four (4) times a year or more often as the business of the

Commission shall require.

(b) The Chairperson may, and upon the request of three members shall, call a meeting of the

Commission. The Chairperson shall give reasonable notice to each member of the time

and place of the meeting.

(c) A quorum for the transaction of business of the Commission shall be three members and

no action of the Commission shall be valid unless agreed to by no less than three members

thereof.

(d) Decisions by the Commission to commence an investigation of a judge, order a judge to

submit to a physical examination, proceed against a person for contempt for failing to

respond to a subpoena of the Commission, issue a public opinion or statement, hold or

dispense with a formal hearing, hear additional evidence, make a report to the Supreme

Court recommending removal, retirement, or other discipline of a judge, or determine after

a formal hearing not to make such a report, shall be made at a meeting of the Commission.

Other matters before the Commission may be determined by communication among the

members of the Commission, but a report of such action shall be made by the Chairperson

at the next meeting of the Commission and entered in the minutes of that meeting.