Utah Code Title 78A. Judiciary and Judicial Administration § 78A-12-207. Evaluation of justice court judges

(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:

(c) establish evaluation criteria for each of the three categories.

(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.

(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.