Section 2 - Enforcement and PenaltiesA. If a candidate fails to timely file a financial disclosure statement as required by this Rule, or a candidate omits any information required to be included in the financial disclosure statement, or the Office of the Judicial Administrator, Supreme Court of Louisiana, has reason to believe information included in a financial disclosure statement is inaccurate, the matter shall proceed in accordance with Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XXXIX, Section 3. B. In the event any financial disclosure proceeding is pending before the Judicial Administrator and/or the Judiciary Commission as provided for in La. S. Ct. Rule XXXIX, Section 3, and the candidate is an attorney who (1) loses the election that he or she qualified for; or (2) withdraws his or her candidacy subsequent to qualifying, the proceeding shall be transferred to the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board. In that event, any hearing that may be required shall be conducted by a hearing committee designated by the Board pursuant to Louisiana Supreme Court Rule XIX and the appendices to Rule XIX. Subsequent to transfer, the matter shall be prosecuted as necessary by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. The procedures for convening and conducting the hearing before a hearing committee shall be in accordance with La. S. Ct. Rule XXIII, Section 29, and La. S. Ct. Rule XXXIX, Section 3F(2) and (3). Following the hearing, the hearing committee shall submit a report to the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Board in accordance with La. S. Ct. Rule XXXIX, Section 3F(4). The Board shall then act upon the matter in accordance with La. S. Ct. Rule XXXIX, Section 3F(5) and (6).
In the event the Board files a recommendation with the Supreme Court of Louisiana in accordance with Section 3F(6), the Court shall then decide the matter in accordance with La. S. Ct. Rule XXXIX, Section 3F(7).
Previous Section 2 deleted in its entirety; previous Section 4 renumbered as Section 2 and further amended effective 2/27/2014