§ 78A-12-207. Evaluation of justice court judges. (Effective 5/13/2014)

(1) The Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission shall:

(a) conduct a performance evaluation for each justice court judge in the third and fifth year of the justice court judge's term;

(b) classify each justice court judge into one of the following three categories:

(i) full evaluation;

(ii) midlevel evaluation; or

(iii) basic evaluation; and

(c) establish evaluation criteria for each of the three categories.

(2) A full evaluation justice court judge shall be subject to the requirements of the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act.

(3) A midlevel evaluation justice court judge shall be governed by the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act, except as provided below:

(a) an electronic intercept survey shall be administered by the commission periodically outside the courtroom of the evaluated justice court judge in lieu of the survey specified in Section 78A-12-204; and

(b) courtroom observation may not be conducted for midlevel evaluation justice court judges.

(4) A basic evaluation justice court judge shall be governed by the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission Act, except as provided below:

(a) basic evaluation justice court judges shall comply with minimum performance standards for judicial education, judicial conduct, cases under advisement, and any other standards the commission may promulgate by administrative rule; and

(b) courtroom observation and surveys may not be conducted for basic evaluation justice court judges.

Enacted by Chapter 152, 2014 General Session