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Executive Orders from the Administration of Governor Bill Owens 1999-2005

OWENS APPOINTS MARK D. HURLBERT TO THE FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PERFORMANCE COMMISSION

DENVER – Gov. Bill Owens appointed Mark D. Hurlbert of Georgetown to the Fifth Judicial District Performance Commission to serve a term expiring on November 30, 2003.

Mark D. Hurlbert will serve as an attorney member. Hurlbert is chief deputy district attorney for the District Attorney’s Office in Georgetown. He also is a member of the Clear Creek County Victim’s Advocates Board of Directors. Hurlbert holds a juris doctor from the University of Colorado School of Law.

There is a judicial performance commission in each of the 22 judicial districts and state judicial performance commission. Each commission consists of 10 members, four of whom are attorneys, six of whom are non-attorneys. The Governor and the chief justice of the Supreme Court each appoint one attorney and two non-attorneys. The president of the Senate and the speaker of the House appoint the remaining members.

The Colorado General Assembly created the judicial performance commission to provide voters with fair, responsible, and constructive evaluations of trial and appellate judges and justices seeking retention in general elections.

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