Montana Code 3-1-716. District court and judge key performance indicators display
3-1-716. District court and judge key performance indicators display. (1) There is a district court and judge key performance indicator display to allow the public to view reports or other static documents related to court and judge performance. At a minimum, the display must be updated:
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(a)quarterly for:
(i)statewide case processing measures; and
(ii)case processing measures, including on-time case processing statistics, case clearance rates, and age of active cases statistics; and
(b)annually for:
(i)case filings by major case categories;
(ii)new case filings;
(iii)workload filings by judicial district;
(iv)rates at which each district court judge’s decisions are overturned wholly or in part on appeal.
(2)The data described in subsection (1)(a)(ii) must be published for each judge. The court administrator shall publish a comprehensive yearend report.
(3)In addition to the measures listed in subsection (1), the district court council shall:
(a)inventory all of the current measures used by the judicial branch to evaluate district court workload and efficiency;
(b)consider research on any additional objective quality indicators of judicial performance; and
(c)review the data on the dashboard at least annually for the purposes of quality improvement and management of the district courts, judges, and standing masters.
(4)When resources allow, the court administrator is encouraged to transition any display of a static report to an interactive dashboard display.