Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS

CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY

Part 11. Judicial Standards Commission

Creation And Composition Of Commission

3-1-1101. Creation and composition of commission. (1) There is created a judicial standards commission consisting of five members as follows:

(a) two district court judges appointed by the speaker of the house as provided in 3-1-1115 and confirmed by the senate;

(b) one attorney who has practiced law in this state for at least 10 years, appointed by the attorney general and confirmed by the senate; and

(c) two citizens who are not attorneys or judges of any court, active or retired, appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate.

(2) Members shall serve staggered 4-year terms.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 95, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 93-718; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 52, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 433, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 188, L. 2023.