As used in this article 5.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) Attorney means a person admitted to practice law before the courts of this state.
2. (2) Commission means both the state and district commissions on judicial performance, established in section 13-5.5-104, unless the usage otherwise specifies the state commission or a district commission.
3. (3) Commissioner means an appointed member of the state commission or one of the district commissions on judicial performance established in section 13-5.5-104.
4. (4) Department means the state judicial department.
5. (5) Executive director means the executive director of the office on judicial performance evaluation created in section 13-5.5-103.
6. (6) Fund means the state commission on judicial performance cash fund, created in section 13-5.5-115.
7. (7) Improvement plan means an individual judicial improvement plan developed and implemented pursuant to section 13-5.5-110.
8. (8) Interim evaluation means an interim evaluation conducted by a commission pursuant to section 13-5.5-109 during a full term of office of a justice or judge.
9. (9) Judge includes all active judges.
10. (10) Justice means a justice serving on the supreme court of Colorado.
11. (11) Office means the office on judicial performance evaluation created in section 13-5.5-103.
12. (12) Retention year evaluation means a judicial performance evaluation conducted by a commission pursuant to section 13-5.5-108 of a justice or judge whose term is to expire and who must stand for retention election.
13. (13) Repealed.
14. (14) Volunteer courtroom observer program means a systemwide program comprised of volunteers who provide courtroom observation reports for use by state and district commissions in judicial performance evaluations. The state commission shall develop rules, guidelines, and procedures for the volunteer courtroom observer program pursuant to section 13-5.5-105 (2)(i).

Source: L. 2017: Entire article R&RE, (HB 17-1303), ch. 331, p. 1766, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2019: (9) amended and (13) repealed, (SB 19-187), ch. 374, p. 3397, § 2, effective May 30.