Bill Text: VA SB1306 | 2023 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0077) [SB1306 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2023-SB1306-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 1306 Offered January 11, 2023 Prefiled January 10, 2023 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 17.1-515.7, relating to twenty-fifth judicial circuit; designation of courtrooms. ---------- Patron-- Deeds ---------- Referred to Committee on the Judiciary ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 17.1-515.7 as follows:

§17.1-515.7. Designation of certain courtrooms within twenty-fifth circuit for trial of certain cases.

When it appears to one or more of the judges of the twenty-fifth judicial circuit that such use is appropriate, the courthouse of the Circuit Court of Rockbridge County may be used for the trial of civil and criminal cases when venue is laid in the City of Buena Vista or the courthouse of the Circuit Court of the City of Buena Vista may be used for the trial of civil or criminal cases when venue is laid in Rockbridge County. However, jurors summoned to appear in any such courtroom shall reside in the jurisdiction where the venue is laid.