Section 78A-10a-201 - State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice - Duties - RulemakingThe State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice shall:
(1) enact rules establishing procedures for the meetings of a commission 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 this chapter;(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 commissioner'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 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.Added by Chapter 250, 2023 General Session ,§ 10, eff. 5/3/2023.