USA Statutes : washington
Title : Courts of record
Chapter : Commission on judicial conduct
RCW 2.64.092 Administrative procedure act not applicable.The adjudicative proceedings, judicial review, and civil enforcement provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, do not apply to any investigations, initial proceedings, public hearings, or executive sessions involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice.[1989 c 367 § 7.]Notes:Contingent effective date -- 1989 c 367: See note following RCW 2.64.010 RCW 2.64.111 Exemption from public disclosure Records subject to public disclosure, when. (Effective until July 1, 2006.)All pleadings, papers, evidence records, and files of the commission, including complaints and the identity of complainants, compiled or obtained during the course of an investigation or initial proceeding involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice, are exempt from the public disclosure requirements of chapter 42.17 RCW during such investigation or initial proceeding. As of the date of a public hearing, all those records of the initial proceeding that were the basis of a finding of probable cause are subject to the public disclosure requirements of chapter 42.17 RCW.[1989 c 367 § 6.]Notes:Contingent effective date -- 1989 c 367: See note following RCW 2.64.010.RCW 2.64.111 Exemption from public disclosure Records subject to public disclosure, when. (Effective July 1, 2006.)All pleadings, papers, evidence records, and files of the commission, including complaints and the identity of complainants, compiled or obtained during the course of an investigation or initial proceeding involving the discipline or retirement of a judge or justice, are exempt from the public disclosure requirements of chapter 42.56 RCW during such investigation or initial proceeding. As of the date of a public hearing, all those records of the initial proceeding that were the basis of a finding of probable cause are subject to the public disclosure requirements of chapter 42.56 RCW.[2005 c 274 § 201; 1989 c 367 § 6.]Notes:Part headings not law -- Effective date -- 2005 c 274: See RCW 42.56.901 and 42.56.902.Contingent effective date -- 1989 c 367: See note following RCW 2.64.010