Colorado § 13-5.5-101 Legislative declaration

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§ 13-5.5-101 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 13-5.5-101

Title 13Courts

Art.Commissions on Judicial

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 13-5.5-101 (2026).

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(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 and justices throughout the state; and

(c)Transparency and accountability for judges and justices 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 and justices 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 and justices with fair, responsibl

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(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 and justices throughout the state; and

(c) Transparency and accountability for judges and justices 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 and justices 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 and justices 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.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2017: Entire article R&RE, (HB 17-1303), ch. 331, p. 1765, � 1, effective August 9. L. 2019: (1)(b), (1)(c), (2)(a), and (2)(b) amended, (SB 19-187), ch. 374, p. 3396, � 1, effective May 30.