H.B. 325
         JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION COMMISSION AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 24, 2014 10:41 AM



Representative Eric K. Hutchings proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 59 through 68 :    

             59          (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      {   the following   }        minimum       performance

             60      standards
{   :

             61          (a) no fewer than 30 hours of continuing judicial education for each year of the justice
             62      court judge's current term;
             63          (b) no more than one public reprimand issued by the Judicial Conduct Commission or
             64      the Supreme Court during the justice court judge's current term;
             65          (c) no cases under advisement for more than two months during the justice court
             66      judge's current term; and
             67          (d) other performance standards the commission may promulgate by administrative
             68      rule   }
  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  
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