Rule 1101: Confidentiality of Judicial Nominating Commission Records

(a)   Judicial Nominating Commission Records. All records of a judicial nominating commission are confidential and not subject to disclosure to anyone not a member of the commission or assisting the commission. The following information regarding judicial applicants may be disclosed by the commission, in a form within its discretion: names, current employment positions, educational degrees received, previous employment or positions, and cities of residence.

(b)   Disclosure to the Governor. Nothing in this rule prohibits disclosure by a commission of information to the Governor as needed for consideration of nominated candidates.

(c)   Records Defined. For purposes of this rule, and Rule 1102, the term “records” includes, but is not limited to, all application materials submitted to a judicial nominating commission; all information collected or recorded by members or agents of the commission regarding a judicial applicant; the minutes of a commission meeting; and any other information, regardless of form, characteristics, or location, which members or agents of the commission have prepared, recorded, or collected and is related to the functions, activities, programs, or operations of the commission.

[History: New rule effective August 31, 2005; Am. effective February 2, 2017.]