Noncompliance

(1) If a judge fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter, the director of judicial education shall send the judge a notice of noncompliance by registered or certified mail. The notice shall specify the nature of noncompliance. Copies of the notice shall be sent to the director of state courts and the chief judge of the judicial administrative district in which the municipal judge holds office. The notice shall inform the judge that an extension is being granted for compliance. The director of judicial education may set the period of extension at up to 4 months. For good cause shown, the committee may extend further the period for compliance. (2) If the judge has not complied with this chapter after the period of extension has passed, the director of judicial education shall refer the matter to the committee for a hearing and send the judge a notice of the hearing by registered or certified mail. (3) If the committee finds the judge has not complied with this chapter, it shall refer the matter to the supreme court for such action as the court deems appropriate. Notice of such referral shall be sent to the director of state courts and the chief judge of the municipal judge's judicial administrative district. Adopted by the supreme court on January 21, 1985, effective July 1, 1985; November 1, 1991; October 30, 1998; April 27, 2011; July 1, 2011, June 27, 2017. 207