The department shall: (1) enact rules establishing procedures for the meetings of a judicial nominating commission created under Section 78A-10a-302, 78A-10a-402, or 78A-10a-502 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and (2) ensure that the rules described in Subsection (1): (a) comply with the requirements of Title 78A, Chapter 10a, Judicial Selection; (b) include standards that: (i) maintain the confidentiality of applications for a judicial vacancy and related documents; (ii) address destroying the records of the names of applicants, applications, and related documents upon the completion of the judicial nomination process; and (iii) govern a judicial nominating commission member's disqualification and inability to serve; (c) allow for public comment concerning the judicial nomination process, qualifications for judicial office, and individual applicants; (d) include evaluation criteria for the selection of judicial nominees; and (e) address procedures for: (i) taking summary minutes at a judicial nominating commission meeting; (ii) simultaneously forwarding the names of nominees to the governor, the president of the Senate, and the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel as described in Subsection 78A-10a-203(5); and (iii) requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to immediately inform the governor when a judge is removed, resigns, or retires. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session
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