Opinion
574
06-30-2022
IN RE: AMENDMENT OF THE PREAMBLE OF THE CODE OF JUDICIAL CONDUCT
JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION DOCKET
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 30th day of June, 2022, pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, IT IS ORDERED that:
Section [8] of the Preamble to the Code of Judicial Conduct is amended in the attached form.
This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective July 1, 2022.
Preamble ***
The [Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges] Pennsylvania Judicial Ethics Advisory Board is designated as the approved body to render advisory opinions and general guidance regarding ethical concerns involving judges, other judicial officers and judicial candidates subject to the Code of Judicial Conduct. [Although such opinions are not, per se, binding upon the Judicial Conduct Board, the Court of Judicial Discipline or the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a]Action taken in reliance thereon and pursuant thereto shall be [taken into account] treated as set forth in Rules 103 and 206 of the Rules of the Pennsylvania Judicial Ethics Advisory Board in determining whether discipline should be recommended or imposed.