3-1-609. Judicial conflict of interest -- recusal -- definition. (1) A judicial officer shall disqualify the judicial officer in a proceeding if:
(a) the judicial officer has received one or more combined contributions totaling at least one-half of the maximum amount allowable amount under 13-37-216 from a lawyer or party to the proceeding in an election within the previous 6 years; or
(b) a lawyer or party to the proceeding has made one or more contributions directly or indirectly to a political committee or other entity that engaged in independent expenditures that supported the judicial officer or opposed the judicial officer's opponent in an election within the previous 6 years if the total combined amount of the contributions exceed at least one-half of the maximum amount that would otherwise be allowed under 13-37-216 if the contributions had been made directly to the judicial candidate.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "contribution" has the meaning provided in 13-1-101; and
(b) "judicial officer" has the meaning provided in 1-1-202.
History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 494, L. 2021.