(1) The Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission shall: (a) conduct a performance evaluation for each justice court judge in the third and fifth year of the justice court judge's term; (b) classify each justice court judge into one of the following three categories: (i) full evaluation; (ii) midlevel evaluation; or (iii) basic evaluation; and (c) 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: (a) 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 78A-12-204; and (b) 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: (a) 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 (b) courtroom observation and surveys may not be conducted for basic evaluation justice court judges.
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