§ 601. Judicial Nominating Board created; composition (a) The Judicial Nominating Board is created for the nomination of Supreme Court Justices, Superior judges, magistrates, and the Chair and members of the Public Utility Commission. (b) The Board shall consist of 11 members who shall be selected as follows: (1) The Governor shall appoint two members […]
§ 602. Duties; Justices, judges, magistrates, and the Chair of the Public Utility Commission (a)(1) Prior to submitting to the Governor the names of candidates for Justices of the Supreme Court, Superior Court judges, magistrates, and the Chair of the Public Utility Commission, the Judicial Nominating Board shall submit to the Court Administrator a list […]
§ 602a. Duties; Public Utility Commission members (a) In accordance with 30 V.S.A. § 3, whenever a vacancy occurs for a member position on the Public Utility Commission, the Governor shall submit at least five names of potential nominees to the Judicial Nominating Board for review. The Judicial Nominating Board shall submit to the Governor […]
§ 603. Appointment of Justices, judges, magistrates, Public Utility Commission Chair, and members Whenever the Governor appoints a Supreme Court Justice, a Superior Judge, a magistrate, the Chair of the Public Utility Commission, or a member of the Public Utility Commission, he or she shall select from the list of names of qualified persons submitted […]
§ 605. Political activity by judges prohibited Superior judges shall not make any contribution to or hold any office in a political party or organization or take part in any political campaign. (Amended 1966, No. 64 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. Jan. 1, 1967; 1971, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.) § 5; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. […]
§ 607. Joint Committee on Judicial Retention; creation (a) There is created the Joint Committee on Judicial Retention composed of four members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House and four members of the Senate appointed by the Committee on Committees of the Senate. The appointments shall be made, if […]
§ 608. Functions (a) Declarations submitted to the General Assembly by a Supreme Court Justice under subsection 4(c) of this title, by a Superior Court judge under subsection 71(b) of this title, or by a magistrate under subsection 461(c) of this title shall be referred immediately to the Joint Committee on Judicial Retention. The declarations […]
§ 609. Judicial retirement (a) The Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of all subordinate courts shall be required to retire at the end of the calendar year in which they attain 90 years of age. (b) This section shall not limit the Supreme Court’s power to establish procedures for taking appropriate action to […]
