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CHAPTER 113 An Act to amend and reenact § 2.1-37.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission. [H 2205] Approved March 13, 2001

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 2.1-37.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 2.1-37.1. Definitions and application of chapter.

As used in this chapter, :

"Commission" means the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission provided for in Article VI, Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia,.

"subordinate courts of record" means all courts of record except the Supreme Court, but including the Court of Appeals, and

"Judge" means a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Appeals, judge of a circuit or district court, member of the State Corporation Commission, or a member of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and includes persons who have been elected or appointed to be judges but have not taken the oath of office as judge as well as persons who have taken such oath, all of whom shall be subject to investigations and proceedings under the provisions of this chapter.

“Term” means (i) the period of time between either election or appointment of service as a judge and the first taking of the oath of office, (ii) each period of time for which the person was either elected or appointed as a judge, and (iii) any period of time after retirement during which the person hears cases as a retired judge.