Art. VI, § 18.1

Discipline of subordinate judicial officers

Duty The Courts Art. VI · Judicial

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The Commission on Judicial Performance shall exercise discretionary jurisdiction with regard to the oversight and discipline of subordinate judicial officers, according to the same standards, and subject to review upon petition to the Supreme Court, as specified in Section 18.

No person who has been found unfit to serve as a subordinate judicial officer after a hearing before the Commission on Judicial Performance shall have the requisite status to serve as a subordinate judicial officer.

This section does not diminish or eliminate the responsibility of a court to exercise initial jurisdiction to discipline or dismiss a subordinate judicial officer as its employee.

History: Sec. 18.1 added June 2, 1998, by Prop. 221. Res.Ch. 54, 1996.

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The Commission on Judicial Performance shall exercise discretionary jurisdiction with regard to the oversight and discipline of subordinate judicial officers, according to the same standards, and subject to review upon petition to the Supreme Court, as specified in Section 18 duty
Who is bound
- The Commission on Judicial Performance
No person who has been found unfit to serve as a subordinate judicial officer after a hearing before the Commission on Judicial Performance shall have the requisite status to serve as a subordinate judicial officer limit
Who is bound
- No person who has been found unfit to serve as a subordinate judicial officer
This section does not diminish or eliminate the responsibility of a court to exercise initial jurisdiction to discipline or dismiss a subordinate judicial officer as its employee structure

Simplified explanation

The Commission on Judicial Performance oversees and disciplines subordinate judicial officers under the same standards and review as Section 18. A person found unfit after a commission hearing cannot serve as one, and courts keep initial authority to discipline or dismiss them.

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