Section 2.9 - BOG Member Removal, Censure or Suspension from Service

As amended through June 11, 2024
Section 2.9 - BOG Member Removal, Censure or Suspension from Service
(a) A board member may be censured or suspended from board service for cause on a two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Governors.
(b) A board member may be removed from board service for cause on the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the board. For purposes of a vote under this subsection, three-fourths of the total number of members then in office shall constitute a quorum.
(c) The board must provide the board member to be removed, censured or suspended with advance written notice of the vote. Upon request, the board must also provide the reason for the proposed censure or suspension and an opportunity to contest it in writing or in person at a meeting of the Board. "Cause" includes, but is not limited to: incapacity to serve; a serious breach of, or repeated failures to meet, the duties outlined in these bylaws, or; conduct or activities that bring discredit to, or may give rise to liability for, the bar.
(d) A board member against whom charges of misconduct have been approved for filing by the State Professional Responsibility Board is automatically suspended from board service until the charges filed against them have been resolved or until their term ends or is terminated as provided in ORS 9.025(5).
(e) The Board of Governors may appoint a temporary replacement to serve until the board member suspended under this bylaw is again able to serve.
As amended by 11/19/2022.