Colorado § 13-5.3-108 - Reporting requirements - "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" report - annual report.

§ 13-5.3-108. Reporting requirements - "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" report - annual report.

(1) The commission shall gather and maintain annual data and statistics on the following information:

(a) The number of requests for evaluation received, the number of other allegations of judicial misconduct received regardless of form, and the number of requests for evaluation that the commission dismissed because it lacks jurisdiction over the judge or conduct that is the subject of the complaint;

(b) The number of judicial misconduct investigations performed, the types of complaints investigated, and the results of the investigations;

(c) The types of judicial misconduct complaints reviewed by the commission following an investigation, the number of reviewed complaints that were substantiated, and the number of reviewed complaints that were not substantiated;

(d) The number of formal proceedings pursued;

(e) The number and types of dispositions entered, including the type of any discipline imposed or recommended; and

(f) The demographics, including the gender, age, race, ethnicity, or disability, of judges under discipline or investigation and those directly affected by the potential misconduct.

(2) Beginning January 2023, and every January thereafter, the commission shall report on the activities of the commissioners to the committees of reference of the general assembly as part of its "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" presentation required by section 2-7-203.

(3) (a) The commission shall make the information described in subsection (1) of this section available online in a searchable format and include the information in its annual report. The commission shall report and make the information available in aggregate form and without individually identifiable information concerning a judge, complainant, or witness.

(b) Nothing in this subsection (3) requires the commission to make publicly available any information it is required to keep confidential pursuant to the Colorado constitution or law.

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (SB 22-201), ch. 201, p. 1354, § 2, effective May 20. L. 2023: (1) amended and (3) added, (HB 23-1019), ch. 366, p. 2200, § 5, effective August 7.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 22-201, see section 1 of chapter 201, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.