Legislative declaration

(1) It is the intent of the general assembly to provide: (a) A comprehensive evaluation system of judicial performance; (b) Information to the people of Colorado regarding the performance of judges and justices throughout the state; and (c) Transparency and accountability for judges and justices throughout the state of Colorado. (2) Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that it is in the public interest and is a matter of statewide concern to: (a) Provide judges and justices with useful information concerning their own performances, along with training resources to improve judicial performance as necessary; (b) Establish a comprehensive system of evaluating judicial performance to provide persons voting on the retention of judges and justices with fair, responsible, and constructive information about individual judicial performance; (c) Establish an independent office on judicial performance evaluation with full authority to implement the provisions of this article 5.5; and (d) Conduct statewide judicial performance evaluations, as well as judicial performance evaluations within each judicial district, using uniform criteria and procedures pursuant to the provisions of this article 5.5.