(a) The chief disciplinary counsel shall propose and the supreme court shall adopt by rule sanction guidelines to:
- (1) associate a specific rule violation or ethical misconduct with a range of appropriate sanctions;
- (2) provide aggravating and mitigating factors that justify deviating from the established sanctions; and
- (3) provide consistency between complaints heard by a district grievance committee and complaints heard by a district court.
- (b) The chief disciplinary counsel shall ensure that interested parties are provided an opportunity to comment on the proposed sanction guidelines.
- (c) The sanction guidelines adopted under this section do not limit the authority of a district grievance committee or of a district judge to make a finding or issue a decision.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 531 (S.B. 302), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.