Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY

Part 11. Judicial Standards Commission

Commission Report To Legislature

3-1-1126. Commission report to legislature. The commission shall, as provided in 5-11-210, submit to the legislature a report containing the following information:

(1) identification of each complaint, whether or not verified, received by the commission during the preceding biennium by a separate number that reveals the identity of the judge complained against;

(2) the date each complaint was filed;

(3) the general nature of each complaint, including the type of complaint, the issues involved, and the basic facts making up the complaint;

(4) whether there have been previous complaints against the same judge and, if so, the general nature of the previous complaints;

(5) the present status of all complaints filed with or pending before the commission during the preceding biennium;

(6) whenever a final disposition of a complaint has been made during the preceding biennium, the nature of the disposition, the commission's recommendation, if any, to the supreme court, and the action taken by the supreme court; and

(7) how each commission member voted.

History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 441, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 112, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 460, L. 2023.