Colorado

Civil Procedure

Rule 3 – Organization and Administration

(a) Composition. The Commission shall be made up of ten members as provided in the Constitution.

(b) Officers. The Commission shall elect from its membership a chair, a vice-chair, and a secretary, each of whom shall serve renewable one-year terms from January 1 to December 31 each year. The vice-chair shall act as chair in the absence of the chair, and in the absence of both, the members present may select an acting chair. An officer’s position and authority shall continue beyond his or her term of office until a successor is duly elected.

(c) Special Members. The Commission may appoint a special member to serve in the place of a member who recuses or is disqualified with respect to a complaint, or who may be temporarily unable to perform his or her duties as a member.

(d) Executive director. The Commission shall appoint an executive director whose duties and responsibilities, subject to general oversight by the Commission, shall be to:

(1) Establish and maintain a permanent office;

(2) Respond to inquiries about the Commission or the Canons;

(3) Process requests for evaluation of judicial conduct;

(4) Conduct investigations;

(5) Recommend dispositions;

(6) Maintain Commission records;

(7) Maintain statistics concerning the operation of the Commission and make them available to the Commission and to the Supreme Court;

(8) Prepare the Commission’s budget and administer its funds;

(9) Employ the Commission’s staff;

(10) Prepare an annual report of the Commission’s activities for presentation to the Commission, to the Supreme Court, and to the public;

(11) Employ special counsel, investigators, or other experts as necessary to investigate and process matters before the Commission and before the Supreme Court; and

(12) Perform such other duties as these Rules, the Commission, or the Supreme Court may require.

(e) Meetings. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chair, the vice-chair, or the executive director, or at the request of three members of the Commission. The Commission may conduct meetings in person or by conference call.

(f) Quorum. Six members must be present in person or by conference call for the transaction of business by the Commission.

C.R.C.P. 3

Amended and Adopted by the Court, En Banc, April 20, 2017, effective July 1, 2017.

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