Opinion No. (2003)

REQUESTED BY: Joseph C. Steele State Court Administrator 2003 Neb. Laws LB 320, § 3 amended Neb. Rev. Stat. §24-721(1995) to provide that a judge who receives official notice of proceedings against him or her before the Nebraska Commission on Judicial Qualifications (the "Commission") "shall not be allowed to retire pursuant to the Judges Retirement Act until the matter is resolved by the commission or the Supreme Court, if the commission recommends action by the court." LB 320 contained an emergency clause, and became effective on May 30, 2003.

Prior to May 30, 2003, Judge Orville L. Coady…