R. 1:18A-6. — Procedure; Requests for Reconsideration

a. Procedures. The Committee shall prescribe the methods and procedure to be followed in considering inquiries and expressing opinions.

b. Reconsideration. Subsequent to the Committee’s response, whether an informal opinion or a formal opinion, either the judge or the judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate, may seek reconsideration.

c. Form of Reconsideration; Notice to Judge. The request for reconsideration shall be in writing and should be sent to the secretary for distribution to the Committee for its consideration. Where the request for reconsideration is made by the inquiring judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate, notice of such request for reconsideration shall be provided in writing to the inquiring judge.

d. Determination on Reconsideration. The secretary shall convey the Committee’s determination on reconsideration in writing to the judge who submitted the inquiry and to the judge’s Municipal Court Presiding Judge, Tax Court Presiding Judge, Assignment Judge, Chief Judge of the Appellate Division, or Appellate Division Deputy Presiding Judge for Administration, as appropriate.