2023 Utah Code › Title 36 - Legislature › Chapter 29 - Task Forces Created by the Legislature › Part 1 - Legislative Task Forces › Section 112 - Justice Court Reform Task Force.

Effective 5/3/2023
36-29-112.
Justice Court Reform Task Force.
(1) As used in this section, "task force" means the Justice Court Reform Task Force created in Subsection (2).
(2) There is created the Justice Court Reform Task Force consisting of the following members:
(a) two members of the Senate, appointed by the president of the Senate;
(b) two members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives;
(c) the state court administrator or the state court administrator's designee;
(d) the executive director of the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice or the executive director's designee;
(e) one member representing municipalities, appointed by the Utah League of Cities and Towns;
(f) one member representing counties, appointed by the Utah Association of Counties; and
(g) one attorney representing the Utah State Bar, appointed by the Utah State Bar.
(3)
(a) The president of the Senate shall designate a member of the Senate appointed under Subsection (2)(a) as a cochair of the task force.
(b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate a member of the House of Representatives appointed under Subsection (2)(b) as a cochair of the task force.
(4) If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the task force described in Subsection (2), the member shall be replaced in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
(5)
(a) A majority of the members of the task force constitutes a quorum.
(b) The action of a majority of a quorum constitutes an action of the task force.
(6) Salaries and expenses of the members of the task force who are legislators shall be paid in accordance with:
(a) Section 36-2-2;
(b) Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Chapter 2, Lodging, Meal, and Transportation Expenses; and
(c) Legislative Joint Rules, Title 5, Chapter 3, Legislator Compensation.
(7) A member of the task force who is not a legislator:
(a) may not receive compensation for the member's work associated with the task force; and
(b) may receive per diem and reimbursement for travel expenses incurred as a member of the task force at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
(8) The Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel shall provide staff support to the task force.
(9) The task force shall review the court system of this state and make recommendations regarding:
(a) the structure and organization of the court system of this state;
(b) appeals from the justice court to the district court;
(c) qualifications and requirements for justice court judges;
(d) the procedures and practices for small claims cases and infractions; and
(e) other changes related to justice courts.
(10) On or before November 30 of each year that the task force is in effect, the task force shall provide a report, including any proposed legislation, to:
(a) the Judiciary Interim Committee; and
(b) the Legislative Management Committee.
(11) The task force is repealed July 1, 2025.
Enacted by Chapter 475, 2023 General Session