78A-12-207. Evaluation of justice court judges.
(1) The Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission shall: conduct a performance evaluation for each justice court judge in the third and fifth year of the justice court judge's term; classify each justice court judge into one of the following three categories: full evaluation; midlevel evaluation; or basic evaluation; and establish evaluation criteria for each of the three categories.
(2) A full evaluation justice court judge shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter.
(3) A midlevel evaluation justice court judge shall be governed by this chapter, except as provided below: the commission shall administer an intercept survey periodically outside the courtroom of the evaluated justice court judge in lieu of the survey specified in Section; and 78A-12-204 courtroom observation may not be conducted for midlevel evaluation justice court judges.
(4) A basic evaluation justice court judge shall be governed by this chapter, except as provided below: 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 courtroom observation and surveys may not be conducted for basic evaluation justice court judges.