2018 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 13 - Courts and Court Procedure
Courts of Record
Article 5.5 - Commissions on Judicial Performance
§ 13-5.5-101. Legislative declaration
(1) It is the intent of the general assembly to provide:
(a) A comprehensive evaluation system of judicial performance;
(b) Information to the people of Colorado regarding the performance of judges, justices, and senior judges throughout the state; and
(c) Transparency and accountability for judges, justices, and senior judges throughout the state of Colorado.
(2) Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest and is a matter of statewide concern to:
(a) Provide judges, justices, and senior judges with useful information concerning their own performances, along with training resources to improve judicial performance as necessary;
(b) Establish a comprehensive system of evaluating judicial performance to provide persons voting on the retention of judges, justices, and senior judges with fair, responsible, and constructive information about individual judicial performance;
(c) Establish an independent office on judicial performance evaluation with full authority to implement the provisions of this article 5.5; and
(d) Conduct statewide judicial performance evaluations, as well as judicial performance evaluations within each judicial district, using uniform criteria and procedures pursuant to the provisions of this article 5.5.
