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2002 SESSION

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HJ 32 Study; magistrate system.

Introduced by: Beverly J. Sherwood | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Magistrates. Requests the Committee on District Courts of the Supreme Court of Virginia to study the magistrate system in Virginia. In conducting the study, the Committee shall review the laws and administrative policies governing the selection, training, oversight and evaluation of magistrates to ensure that magistrates have a basic competency in law and court procedures that is uniform and consistent across the Commonwealth. The Committee shall also review magistrate policies and operations within judicial circuits to ensure that there is accountability for the actions of magistrates, and that there is a uniform statewide system for taking and resolving complaints and inquiries about the actions of magistrates, particularly in the decision-making process used for determining bail and setting bond in domestic and family violence cases.

The Committee must report its findings and recommendatins to the Governor and the 2003 Session of the General Assembly.


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