Show for the nominating commissions' composition and pro No member of the legislat ure may serve as a member of nor the legislature appoint memhers to any judicial nominating commission The senate shall consider and render a decision on each judicial appointment within 30 days of the date of appointment If necessary the senate shad may final conviction of (21 under state or federal law in extraordinary session for the purpose of considering judicial appointments The appointment shall lie effective upon approval of a majority of all members of the senate If the senate fails to approve the appointment the office shall be considered vacant and a new nominating process shall commence Selection of judges shall be based willful misconduct crime punishable as a in felony failure to perform judicial (41 disability that seriously interferes with the mance of judicial duties or conduct prejudicial to the administration (3) which brings a judicial office into dispute solely upon consideration of fitness for office without regard to any partisan political considerations perfor- of justice Prior to the implementation of any commission order the supreme court shall review the commission’s proceedings as Hi both law and fact The court may also permit the introduction of additional evidence After its review the supreme court shall as it finds just and proper issue jts Each appointee to a court of record shall be subject to an unopposed retention election d the first general election held more than three years after appointment 9 Following initial voter approval each supreme court justice every tenth year and each judge of other courts of record every sixth year shall be subject to an unopposed retention election at the corresponding general election Judicial order implementing rejecting or modifying the commission’s order The legislature by statute shall provide for the and procedures of the Judicial Conduct composition Commission he held on nonpart isian ballot in a provided by statute If geographic divisions are provided for any court of record the judges of those courts shall stand for retention election only in the geographic division to which they are elected retention elections shall manner 14 The legislature shall provide for the compensation all justices and judges The salaries of justices and judges not be diminished during their terms of office Sec of shall The legislature may provide for the mandatory Sec 13 retirement of justices and judges from office Supreme court justices district court judges and other courts of record while holding office may judges not practice law' hold any elective nonjudiejal public office in a political parly office or hold Sec a willful and persistant (3) duties convene itself Sec action which constitutes ( I) office cedures 10 of afi Sec Hi The legislature shall provide for a system of public who shall have primary responsibility for the prosecution of criminal actions brought in the name of the State of Ft ah and shall perform such other duties as may be provided by statute Public prosecutors shall be elected in a manner provided by statute and shall be admitted to practice law in Utah Ifa public prosecutor fails or refuses to prosecutors Sec II Judges of courts md of record shall be elected in a manner for a tenn rnd with qualifications provided by statute However no qualification may be imjMised which requires judges of courts not of record to he admitted to practice law The number of judges not of record shall be provided by prosecute the supreme court shall have power to appoint a prose ut or pro tempore statute It is proposed to amend Article Section 2 the Ftah Constitution to read: which shall A Judicial Council is established Sec 12 adopt rules for the administ ration of Hie courts of the st ate The Judicial Council shall consist of Hie chief justice of Hie supreme court as presiding officer and smh other justices judges and other persons as provided by stat ute There shall XXI Section of (AH State) Unless otherwise provided bv law all Section district city county town and school officers tlt ntmitri tti ottttttcITttttt rx rjM !n£ rtwanri jhiimm ctttttt shall commissioners justice of tbe pence and constables Provided that etty be paid fixed and definite salaries determined when be so by tbe paid by salary justices may mayor and council of streb cit ies state lie at least one representative on the ludHal Council from each court established by the constitution or by statute The chfcf justice of the supreme court shall be Hie chief administrative officer for the courts and shajl implement lie rules adopted by the Judical Council It is proposed to amend Article Section 3 the Utah Constitution to read: Sec 13 A Judicial Conduct Commission is established which shall investigate and conduct confidential hearings Sec XXI Sec 2 The Legislature shall provide by law for the fees shaH) to be collected by all officers within the (State) state (Notanes public boards of arbitration court commit stoners just ices of the peace and constables paid by fees shall accept said fees as their full compensation But aH regarding complaints against any justice or judge Following the Judicial Conduct and hearings ts investigations Commission may order the reprimand censure suspension removal or involuntary retirement of any justice nr judge for 2 ( which the following 19 of |