Iowa Code 602.2103 – Operation of commission
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 602.2103
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- employee of the judicial branch: include every officer or employee of the judicial branch except a judicial officer. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Judicial officer: means a supreme court justice, a judge of the court of appeals, a district judge, a district associate judge, an associate juvenile judge, an associate probate judge, or a magistrate. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
602.2103 Operation of commission.
A quorum of the commission is four members. Only those commission members that are present at commission meetings or hearings may vote. An application by the commission to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer, or discipline or remove an employee of the judicial branch, or an action by the commission which affects the final disposition of a complaint, requires the affirmative vote of at least four commission members. Notwithstanding chapter 21 and chapter 22, all records, papers, proceedings, meetings, and hearings of the commission are confidential, but if the commission applies to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer, or to discipline or remove an employee of the judicial branch, the application and all of the records and papers in that proceeding are public documents.
83 Acts, ch 186, §3103, 10201; 92 Acts, ch 1228, §32; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §54
A quorum of the commission is four members. Only those commission members that are present at commission meetings or hearings may vote. An application by the commission to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer, or discipline or remove an employee of the judicial branch, or an action by the commission which affects the final disposition of a complaint, requires the affirmative vote of at least four commission members. Notwithstanding chapter 21 and chapter 22, all records, papers, proceedings, meetings, and hearings of the commission are confidential, but if the commission applies to the supreme court to retire, discipline, or remove a judicial officer, or to discipline or remove an employee of the judicial branch, the application and all of the records and papers in that proceeding are public documents.
83 Acts, ch 186, §3103, 10201; 92 Acts, ch 1228, §32; 98 Acts, ch 1047, §54