Rule 1-9A. Judiciary Committee; Placement of Rules Information on Judicial Branch Website

(a) Each year the Rules Committee shall make itself available to meet with the members of the Judiciary Committee of the General Assembly (the Judiciary Committee) as soon as practicable after the first Rules Committee meeting in September to advise the Judiciary Committee as to the Rules Committee's anticipated agenda for the upcoming year.

(b) As soon as practicable after the convening of each regular legislative session, the chair of the Rules Committee shall invite the Senate and House chairs and the ranking members of the Judiciary Committee, and such other members of that Committee as the chairs may designate, to attend a meeting with the Rules Committee to confer and consult with respect to the rules of practice, pleadings, forms and procedure for the Superior Court and with respect to legislation affecting the courts pending before or to be introduced in the General Assembly.

(c) The chair of the Rules Committee shall forward to the Judiciary Committee for review and comment all proposed revisions to the Practice Book which the Rules Committee has decided to submit to public hearing at least thirty-five days in advance of the public hearing thereon. If the chair of the Rules Committee shall receive any comments from the Judiciary Committee with respect to such proposed revisions, he or she shall forward such comments to the members of the Rules Committee for their consideration in connection with the public hearing.

(d) The agendas and minutes of Rules Committee meetings, any proposed revisions to the Practice Book which the Rules Committee has decided to submit to public hearing, any comments by the Judiciary Committee with respect to such proposed revisions, and any proposed revisions that are adopted by the Superior Court judges shall be placed on the Judicial Branch website.

Committee Notes

amended June 12, 2015, to take effect Jan. 1, 2016.)