PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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the proper administration of justice, may remove the judge from office or may censure or
otherwise discipline [him] THE JUDGE, or [the Court of Appeals], after hearing and
upon a finding of disability which is or is likely to become permanent and which seriously
interferes with the performance of [his] THE JUDGE'S duties, may retire the judge from
office.

(2)      A judge removed under this section, and [his] THE JUDGE'S surviving
spouse, shall have the rights and privileges accruing from [his] THE JUDGE'S judicial
service only to the extent prescribed by the order of removal.

(3)      A judge retired under this section shall have the rights and privileges
prescribed by law for other retired judges.

(4)      [No judge of the Court of Appeals shall sit in judgment in any hearing
involving his THAT JUDGE'S own conduct.]

(c) This section is alternative to, and cumulative with, the methods of retirement
and removal provided in Sections 3 and 4 of this Article, and in Section 26 of Article III
of this Constitution.

Article XVIII - Provisions of Limited Duration

5.

(A)     FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPLEMENTING THE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY
HOUSE BILL __ OF 1995 (5LR2307) HOUSE BILL 916 OF 1995 CONCERNING THE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES, THIS SECTION
TEMPORARILY IS PART OF ARTICLE IV - JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT, SECTION 4A OF
THE CONSTITUTION. THIS SECTION SHALL EXPIRE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE
XIV, SECTION 1A OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHEN ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC INITIALLY APPOINTED TO FILL THE FIVE NEW MEMBERSHIPS ADDED TO THE
COMMISSION UNDER HOUSE BILL __ OF 1995 (5LR2307) HAVE VACATED THEIR
OFFICES THE TERMS OF THE MEMBERS INITIALLY APPOINTED TO FILL THE FIVE
NEW MEMBERSHIPS ADDED TO THE COMMISSION UNDER HOUSE BILL 916 OF 1995
HAVE EXPIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION.

(B)     (1) THE INITIAL TERMS OF THE FIVE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
ADDED TO THE COMMISSION UNDER HOUSE BILL __ OF 1995 (5LR2307) HOUSE BILL
916 OF 1995 SHALL EXPIRE AS FOLLOWS:

(1) TWO MEMBERS IN 1999, AMD EACH OF THOSE MEMBERS MAY BE
REAPPOINTED TO TWO FULL TERMS;

(2) TWO MEMBERS IN 2000, AND EACH OF THOSE MEMBERS MAY BE
REAPPOINTED TO ONE FULL TERM; AND

(3) ONE MEMBER IN 2001, AND THAT MEMBER MAY BE REAPPOINTED TO
ONE FULL TERM.

(I) TWO MEMBERS IN 1999, AND EACH OF THOSE MEMBERS MAY
BE APPOINTED TO TWO FULL TERMS; AND

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