Rule 4 - Duties of Executive Director(a)Listed Duties. The commission will prescribe the duties of the executive director, which include: (1) considering information regarding judicial misconduct from all sources and receiving allegations and complaints; (2) making preliminary evaluations; (3) screening complaints; (4) conducting and supervising investigations; (5) maintaining and preserving the commission's records, including all complaints, files, and written dispositions; (6) maintaining statistics concerning the operation of the commission and making them available to the commission, the court, and the public; (7) preparing the commission's budget for its approval and administering its funds; (8) employing and supervising other members of the commission's staff; (9) preparing an annual report of the commission's activities; (10) employing, with the approval of the commission, office assistants, special counsel, private investigators, or other experts, as necessary to investigate and process matters before the commission and before the court; (11) issuing subpoenas as directed by the commission; (12) attending all meetings and hearings of the commission, except for commission deliberations; and (13) providing and publishing notice as required by these rules. (b)Other Duties. The executive director may perform other law-related duties, such as the following: (1) interpreting statutes and case law and providing legal opinions to the commission related to its duties; (2) preparing and filing court documents, as needed, on behalf of the commission; (3) negotiating appropriate discipline and fact stipulations subject to final approval of and direction by the commission. Alaska Jud. Cond. Comm. R. 4
Adopted 11/1/1991; amended 12/1/2000.