602.2102 Commission on judicial qualifications. 1. A seven-member 'Commission on Judicial Qualifications' is established. The commission consists of one district judge and two members who are practicing attorneys inIowa and who do not belong to the same political party, to be appointed by the chief justice;and four electors of the state who are not attorneys, no more than two of whom belong tothe same political party, to be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by thesenate. The commission members shall serve for six-year terms, are ineligible for a secondterm, and except for the judicial member shall not hold any other office of and shall not beemployed by the United States or the state of Iowa or its political subdivisions. Membersappointed by the chief justice shall serve terms beginning January 1 of the year for which theappointments are made and members appointed by the governor shall serve staggered termsbeginning and ending as provided by section 69.19. Vacancies shall be filled by appointmentby the chief justice or governor as provided in this subsection, for the unexpired portion ofthe term. 2. rmsbeginning and ending as provided by section 69.19. Vacancies shall be filled by appointmentby the chief justice or governor as provided in this subsection, for the unexpired portion ofthe term. 2. If the judicial member is the subject of a charge before the commission, the chief justice shall appoint a district judge of another judicial district to act as the judicial member of thecommission until the person charged is exonerated, or for the unexpired portion of the termif the person charged is not exonerated. If the judicial member is a resident judge of the samejudicial district as the judicial officer who is the subject of a charge before the commission,the chief justice shall appoint a district judge of another judicial district to act as the judicialmember during that proceeding. 3. The commission shall elect its own chairperson, and the state court administrator or a designee of the state court administrator is the executive secretary of the commission. 83 Acts, ch 186, §3102, 10201Referred to in §602.1512Confirmation, see §2.32 Sat Dec 23 11:14:39 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 602.2102 (19, 0)
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