[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR7.27]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 7--STANDARDS OF CONDUCT--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D--Post Employment Conflict of Interest: Procedures for 
                 Administrative Enforcement Proceedings
 
Sec. 7.27  Hearing examiner designation and qualifications.

    (a) Designation. If the Commission decides by an affirmative vote of 
four of its members to hold a hearing, the Ethics Officer shall 
designate an individual to serve as examiner at the administrative 
disciplinary hearing. In the absence of a hearing, the Ethics Officer 
shall designate an examiner to consider the written evidence and make a 
decision. (See 11 CFR 7.26(b)(2)). The individual designated as examiner 
shall have the qualifications set forth in paragraph (b) of this 
section.
    (b) Qualifications. (1) An examiner shall be impartial. No 
individual who has participated in any manner in the decision to 
initiate the proceeding may serve as an examiner in those proceedings. 
Therefore, the following persons may not be designated as an examiner:
    (i) A Commissioner,
    (ii) The Ethics Officer, or
    (iii) Any Commission employee who has participated in the 
preliminary investigation of the complaint.
    (2) The examiner shall be an attorney at the Assistant General 
Counsel level or higher.