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2004 SESSION
045133388Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 17.1-507 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 17.1-507. Number of judges; residence requirement; compensation; powers; etc.
A. For the several judicial circuits there shall be judges, the number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective circuits and whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed for circuit judges.
The number of judges of the circuits shall be as follows:
First - 4
Second - 10
Third - 4
Fourth - 9
Fifth - 3
Sixth - 2
Seventh - 5
Eighth - 4
Ninth - 4
Tenth - 3
Eleventh - 3
Twelfth - 5
Thirteenth - 8
Fourteenth - 4
Fifteenth - 7
Sixteenth - 5
Seventeenth - 4
Eighteenth - 3
Nineteenth - 15
Twentieth - 4
Twenty-first - 3
Twenty-second - 3
Twenty-third - 6
Twenty-fourth - 5
Twenty-fifth - 4
Twenty-sixth - 5
Twenty-seventh - 5
Twenty-eighth - 2
Twenty-ninth - 3
Thirtieth - 3
Thirty-first - 5
B. No additional circuit court judge shall be authorized or provided for any judicial circuit until the Judicial Council has made a study of the need for such additional circuit court judge and has reported its findings and recommendations to the Courts of Justice Committees of the House of Delegates and Senate. The boundary of any judicial circuit shall not be changed until a study has been made by the Judicial Council and a report of its findings and recommendations made to said Committees.
C. If the Judicial Council finds the need for an additional circuit court judge
after a study is made pursuant to subsection B, the study shall be made
available to the Compensation Board and the Courts of Justice Committees of the
House of Delegates and Senate and Council shall publish notice of such finding
in a publication of general circulation among attorneys licensed to practice in
the Commonwealth. The Compensation Board shall make a study of the need to
provide additional courtroom security and shall fund [ at least one ]
additional deputy court clerk [ position positions in accordance with
Compensation Board staffing standards ] to provide adequate staffing for the
additional circuit court judge. This study shall be reported to the Courts of
Justice Committees of the House of Delegates and the Senate, and to the Department of
Planning and Budget.
[ 2. That the provisions of this act shall become effective July 1, 2006. ]