Effective 2/11/2022 78A-12-201. Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission — Creation — Membership. (1) There is created an independent commission called the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission consisting of 13 members, as follows: (a) two members appointed by the president of the Senate, only one of whom may be a member of the Utah State Bar; (b) two […]
78A-12-202. Salary and expenses — Staff. (1) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member’s service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with: (a) Section 63A-3-106; (b) Section 63A-3-107; and (c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107. (2) The commission shall […]
Effective 2/11/2022 78A-12-203. Judicial performance evaluations. (1) Beginning with the 2012 judicial retention elections, the commission shall prepare a performance evaluation for: (a) each judge in the third and fifth year of the judge’s term if the judge is not a justice of the Supreme Court; and (b) each justice of the Utah Supreme Court […]
Effective 5/9/2017 78A-12-204. Judicial performance survey. (1) A third party under contract to the commission shall conduct, on an ongoing basis during the judge’s term in office, the judicial performance survey required by Section 78A-12-203 concerning a judge who is subject to a retention election. (2) (a) The judicial performance survey shall include as respondents […]
Effective 2/11/2022 78A-12-205. Certification standards. (1) The commission shall establish certification standards requiring that: (a) the judge have no more than one public sanction issued by the Utah Supreme Court during the judge’s current term; and (b) the judge receive a minimum score on the judicial performance survey as follows: (i) an average score of […]
Effective 2/11/2022 78A-12-206. Publication of the judicial performance evaluation — Response by judge. (1) (a) The commission shall compile a retention report of the commission’s judicial performance evaluation of a judge. (b) The report of a judicial performance evaluation nearest the judge’s next scheduled retention election shall be provided to the judge at least 45 […]
Effective 5/9/2017 78A-12-207. Evaluation of justice court judges. (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 […]
