Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 8-16 - Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline
Section 8-16-5. - Certification of recommendations to supreme court.

§ 8-16-5. Certification of recommendations to supreme court.
Whenever the commission shall make a determination recommending the reprimand, censure, suspension, immediate temporary suspension, removal, or retirement of a member of the judiciary, it shall file forthwith a copy of the recommendation, certified by the chairperson, together with the transcript and the findings and conclusions, with the chief justice of the supreme court, and the commission shall forthwith give the member of the judiciary written notice of the filing, together with a copy of its findings and recommendations. The notice shall be mailed to the chambers of the judge or to his or her last known place of residence or may be personally delivered to him or her by a member of the commission. The transcript and the findings, conclusions, and recommendation of the commission shall be public documents, except when they relate to a hearing concerning a private reprimand pursuant to § 8-16-4(d), in which case they shall be kept confidential.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 136, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 312, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 492, § 1.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 8 - Courts and Civil Procedure – Courts

Chapter 8-16 - Commission on Judicial Tenure and Discipline

Section 8-16-1. - Composition — Appointment.

Section 8-16-2. - Terms of the commissioners.

Section 8-16-3. - Meetings of the commission — Compensation.

Section 8-16-4. - Employment of personnel — Investigation of unfitness.

Section 8-16-4.1. - Subpoena powers of commission.

Section 8-16-4.2. - Discovery.

Section 8-16-4.3. - Compelling evidence in commission proceedings — Immunity.

Section 8-16-5. - Certification of recommendations to supreme court.

Section 8-16-6. - Review of commission’s recommendations by supreme court.

Section 8-16-6.1. - Suspension of judge pending review.

Section 8-16-7. - Power of the supreme court to discipline, suspend, or remove judges.

Section 8-16-7.1. - Confidentiality of supreme court review of recommendation of private reprimand.

Section 8-16-8. - Discipline of judges upon indictment or conviction for a crime.

Section 8-16-9. - Retirement of judges for incapacity or disability.

Section 8-16-10. - Disqualification from acting as a commissioner.

Section 8-16-11. - Papers and testimony privileged.

Section 8-16-12. - Rules of practice and procedure — Confidentiality of proceedings.

Section 8-16-13. - Closed meetings of the commission — Public hearings — Evidence to remain confidential until made public at hearing.

Section 8-16-13.1. - Related judicial proceedings — Confidentiality.

Section 8-16-14. - Reasonable counsel fees.