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. - § 8-16-1. Composition — Appointment. (a) There is hereby created...

Section 8-16-2. - Terms of the commissioners. - § 8-16-2. Terms of the commissioners. Except as otherwise provided,...

Section 8-16-3. - Meetings of the commission — Compensation. - § 8-16-3. Meetings of the commission — Compensation. (a) The...

Section 8-16-4. - Employment of personnel — Investigation of unfitness. - § 8-16-4. Employment of personnel — Investigation of unfitness. (a)...

Section 8-16-4.1. - Subpoena powers of commission. - § 8-16-4.1. Subpoena powers of commission. The members of the...

Section 8-16-4.2. - Discovery. - § 8-16-4.2. Discovery. After the commission institutes formal proceedings and...

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

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

Section 8-16-6. - Review of commission’s recommendations by supreme court. - § 8-16-6. Review of commission’s recommendations by supreme court. (a)...

Section 8-16-6.1. - Suspension of judge pending review. - § 8-16-6.1. Suspension of judge pending review. Whenever the supreme...

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

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

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

Section 8-16-9. - Retirement of judges for incapacity or disability. - § 8-16-9. Retirement of judges for incapacity or disability. (a)...

Section 8-16-10. - Disqualification from acting as a commissioner. - § 8-16-10. Disqualification from acting as a commissioner. (a) No...

Section 8-16-11. - Papers and testimony privileged. - § 8-16-11. Papers and testimony privileged. The filing of papers...

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

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

Section 8-16-13.1. - Related judicial proceedings — Confidentiality. - § 8-16-13.1. Related judicial proceedings — Confidentiality. Judicial proceedings in...

Section 8-16-14. - Reasonable counsel fees. - § 8-16-14. Reasonable counsel fees. Any judge who has been...