When a panel of the judicial discipline adjudicative board convenes pursuant to section 23 (3) of article VI of the Colorado constitution, the judge member of the panel is responsible for providing administrative support necessary to facilitate the panel's hearings. With any necessary approval from the chief judge of a district court, the panel judge may use the judge's own staff to provide the administrative support or, if necessary, staff of other judges in the judge's district or another district may provide the support. Staff from the same district as the respondent judge in the proceeding shall not provide administrative support to the panel.

Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (HB 23-1019), ch. 366, p. 2201, § 9, effective December 17, 2024 (see editor's note).

Editor's note: Section 14 of chapter 366, Session Laws of Colorado 2023, provides that this section is effective upon proclamation of the vote by the governor only if, at the November 2024 statewide election, a majority of voters approve the ballot issue referred in accordance with section 2 of House Concurrent Resolution 23-1001. The ballot issue, referred to voters as Amendment H, was approved on November 5, 2024, and was proclaimed by the governor on December 17, 2024, see L. 2025, p. 3632. The vote count for the measure was as follows:

FOR: 2,150,820

AGAINST: 793,642