Bill Text: VA SB57 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Judges; increases number in 19th and 25th Judicial Districts.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728) [SB57 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB57-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 728 An Act to amend and reenact §16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of district court judges. [S 57] Approved April 8, 2016

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§16.1-69.6:1. Number of judges.

For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the maximum number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective districts, except as provided in § 16.1-69.16, and whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed for general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges.

The maximum number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:

		General District	Juvenile and Domestic
		Court Judges	Relations District Court Judges
	First	4	4
	Second	7	7
	Two-A	1	1
	Third	2	3
	Fourth	6	5
	Fifth	2	2
	Sixth	4	2
	Seventh	4	4
	Eighth	3	3
	Ninth	3	4
	Tenth	3	4
	Eleventh	3	3
	Twelfth	5	6
	Thirteenth	6	4
	Fourteenth	5	5
	Fifteenth	8	10
	Sixteenth	4	6
	Seventeenth	3	2
	Eighteenth	2	2
	Nineteenth	11	7 8
	Twentieth	4	3
	Twenty-first	1	2
	Twenty-second	2	4
	Twenty-third	4	5
	Twenty-fourth	3	6
	Twenty-fifth	3 4	5
	Twenty-sixth	5	7
	Twenty-seventh	5	5
	Twenty-eighth	2	3
	Twenty-ninth	2	3
	Thirtieth	2	2
	Thirty-first	5	5

The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the provisions of §16.1-69.9:3.

2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective on July 1, 2018.