A.Agreements.(1)Agreements requiring supreme court approval. Stipulated agreements requiring Supreme Court approval shall include all notices of investigations, all notices of formal charges, all of the judge's responses, the factual and legal bases for the stipulation, and the record of any presentment hearing held before the Commission in connection with the stipulation.(2)Agreements for informal disposition. Agreed informal disposition of allegations or formal charges may include: (c) Professional counseling and other assistance.(e) Such other disposition as is appropriate under the circumstances.(f) Any combination of the above.B.Presentment hearing. A party may request, or the Commission may require, a presentment hearing on the record in which the Commission may hear testimony and receive exhibits on the factual and legal bases of the stipulation. If a presiding officer has not already been appointed in the proceedings, the chair shall appoint one for the presentment hearing.C.Modification. Subject to approval by the parties, the Commission may, as a condition of approval, modify a stipulation.D.Rejection. The Commission may reject a stipulation for disposition of a complaint. If a stipulation is rejected, the proceedings shall continue.E.Non-disciplinary disposition. If the Commission approves a stipulation for non-disciplinary disposition of a complaint, the Commission shall enter an order consistent therewith.F.Disciplinary disposition. If the Commission approves a stipulation for disciplinary disposition of a complaint, the Commission shall petition the Supreme Court for approval.G.Enforceable. An approved stipulated resolution of a complaint is enforceable by the Commission before the Supreme Court.N.M. Jud. Stand. Comm. R. 34
Approved, effective August 31, 1984; as amended, effective September 29, 1989; as amended, effective May 1, 2010; as amended, effective March 1, 2019.