Bill Text: VA HB309 | 2014 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: General Assembly members; election or appointment to judgeship.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB309 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2014-HB309-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 309 Offered January 8, 2014 Prefiled January 2, 2014 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 16.1-69.19:1 and 17.1-102.1, relating to members of the General Assembly; election or appointment to judgeship. ---------- Patron-- Morrissey ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 16.1-69.19:1 and 17.1-102.1 as follows:

§16.1-69.19:1. General Assembly member not qualified for judgeship.

No member of the General Assembly shall be qualified to be elected or appointed a judge during the term for which he was elected a member of the General Assembly nor for the four years following the expiration of such term.

§17.1-102.1. General Assembly member not qualified for judgeship.

No member of the General Assembly shall be qualified to be elected or appointed a justice or judge during the term for which he was elected a member of the General Assembly nor for the four years following the expiration of such term.