Bill Text: VA HB1844 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Supreme Court of Virginia; Executive Secretary to maintain case information system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Left in Appropriations [HB1844 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HB1844-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §17.1-315 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§17.1-315. Duties of Executive Secretary.
The Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court shall have the following duties:
1. He shall be the Secretary of the Judicial Council;
2. He shall be the Secretary of the Judicial Conference;
3. He shall assist the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court in
the administration of the judicial branch of the government to the end that
litigation may be expedited and the administration of justice improved in the
courts of the Commonwealth; and
4. He shall maintain an online case information system of all criminal cases in the circuit courts, general district courts, and adult criminal cases in the juvenile and domestic relations district courts of the Commonwealth. Such system shall be searchable by defendant name across all localities and across all courts and shall be available to the public free of charge; and
5. He shall have such other duties as may be required of him by the Chief Justice or by the Supreme Court in the performance of the administrative functions of that Court.