Rule 1. Creation and organization of the committee.

1. Creation and purpose.
The Standing Committee on Judicial Ethics and Election Practices is hereby created to resolve ethical disputes arising in the course of campaigns for judicial office, and to provide judges and aspirants to judicial office advisory opinions regarding ethical matters that may arise in the ordinary course of judicial service, or in the elective or appointment process.

2. Organization of the committee.
The committee shall consist of twenty-eight members. Twelve shall be attorneys, twelve shall be non-attorneys, and four shall be judges designated to serve on the ethics advisory committee as provided in Rule 5. In addition, every district and senior judge is an ex officio member of the unfair election practices panels, and may be asked by the chair to serve as a non-voting member of a panel as provided in Rule 4.

The Board of Governors of the State Bar shall appoint the attorney members, and the Governor may appoint the non-attorney members. If the Governor declines to appoint, then the Board of Governors of the State Bar and the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline shall each appoint six of the non-attorney members. The supreme court shall appoint two district judges and two judges serving either as municipal court judges or justices of the peace.

When appointing the non-attorney members, consideration shall be given to each appointee's experience in the areas of advertising and public relations, journalism, regulatory bodies, politics and political campaigns, and also to the appointee's other qualifications and experience as will ensure that diverse points of view are represented on the committee.

    (a) Terms. Appointments or reappointments are for a 2-year term of off ice. The initial membership shall have staggered terms. No member shall be appointed to more than four, consecutive full terms.

    (b) Removal. Committee members are not subject to removal by their appointing authority during their terms of office, except for cause. Cause includes unexcused failures to attend scheduled meetings, the number of which the committee shall set in an attendance policy.

3. Officers of the committee.
There shall be a chair and vice-chair. The Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline shall appoint the chair and vice-chair from the attorney members of the committee for two-year terms.

4. Executive director of the committee.
The executive director of the Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline shall act as the executive director of the committee.