In this rule, unless context or subject matter otherwise requires:
(a)Chair' includes the Acting Chair;(b) 'Commission' means the judiciary commission;(c) Unless otherwise indicated, 'counsel' means the counsel designated by the Commission to gather and present evidence before the Commission or before a hearing officer with respect to the allegations of judicial misconduct or disability concerning a judge;(d) 'Discipline' means censure, suspension with or without salary, removal from office, or involuntary retirement; with respect to a mayor who performs judicial functions, 'discipline' means censure or suspension with salary from the performance of judicial functions.(e) 'Hearing officer' means any person designated by the Supreme Court pursuant to Section 29(a) of this rule to hear and report to the commission. (f) Judge' means a justice or a judge of a court of this state, including a commissioner, a magistrate, a justice of the peace, judicially appointed hearing officers, and a mayor who performs judicial functions;(g) 'Shall' is mandatory and 'may' is permissive; and(h) The masculine gender includes the feminine gender.Amended effective 7/1/2016; amended effective 9/4/2019.