Bill Text: VA HJR273 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Judges; nominations for election to circuit court and general district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-06 - Senate: Left in Courts of Justice [HJR273 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2012-HJR273-Introduced.html

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 273 Offered January 26, 2012 Election of a Circuit Court Judge and a General District Court Judge. ---------- Patron-- Cline ----------

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed during each house's morning hour

To the election of a Circuit Court judge of the Twenty-sixth Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing February 1, 2012.

To the election of a General District Court judge of the Thirtieth Judicial District for a term of six years commencing February 1, 2012.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house in each case and report the results to their respective houses.  The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.