WSR 97-13-069

PERMANENT RULES

COMMISSION ON

JUDICIAL CONDUCT

[Filed June 18, 1997, 8:45 a.m.]

Date of Adoption: June 6, 1997.

Purpose: Amend WAC 292-09-010 to show correct references.

Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 292-09-010.

Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 42.52.370, Article IV, Section 31 of State Constitution.

Adopted under notice filed as WSR 97-05-022 on February 10, 1997.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, amended 1, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, amended 0, repealed 0.

Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

June 6, 1997

Margo T. Keller

Commission Chair

AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending Order 95-01, filed 2/8/95, effective 3/11/95 WAC 292-09-010 Purpose of this chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to provide rules implementing the Ethics in Public Service Act (chapter 42.52 RCW) according to procedures prescribed in Article IV, Section 31, of the Constitution of the state of Washington and chapter 2.64 RCW for the commission on judicial conduct.

All proceedings involving state employees of the judicial branch of state government, except "judges" as defined in ((chapter 292-08 WAC)) Commission On Judicial Conduct Rules of Procedure (CJCRP), shall proceed under the rules set forth in this chapter. All proceedings involving "judges" as defined in RCW 2.64.010 and the Code of Judicial Conduct shall proceed exclusively under the rules set forth in ((chapters 292-08 and 292-12 WAC)) the CJCRP.