section, the General Assembly may by statute provide for the
manner of testimony of child victims or child material witnesses
in criminal proceedings, including the use of videotaped
depositions or testimony by closed-circuit television.
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(3) That section 18(a)(7), (8) and (9), (b)(5), (c)(1), (3)
and (4) and (d) introductory paragraph, (1), (2) and (3) of
Article V be amended to read:
§ 18. Suspension, removal, discipline and other sanctions.
(a) There shall be an independent board within the Judicial
Branch, known as the Judicial Conduct Board, the composition,
powers and duties of which shall be as follows:
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(7) The board shall receive and investigate complaints
regarding judicial conduct filed by individuals or initiated by
the board against a justice, judge, justice of the peace or
family law master; issue subpoenas to compel testimony under
oath of witnesses, including the subject of the investigation,
and to compel the production of documents, books, accounts and
other records relevant to the investigation; determine whether
there is probable cause to file formal charges against a
justice, judge [or], justice of the peace or family law master
for conduct proscribed by this section; and present the case in
support of the charges before the Court of Judicial Discipline.
(8) Complaints filed with the board or initiated by the
board shall not be public information. Statements, testimony,
documents, records or other information or evidence acquired by
the board in the conduct of an investigation shall not be public
information. A justice, judge [or], justice of the peace or
family law master who is the subject of a complaint filed with
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