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HB 916 Criminal history records check; applicable to justices, judges and substitute judges & magistrates.

Introduced by: Clarence E. Phillips | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Criminal history records search; justices; judges and substitute judges; magistrates. Requires criminal history records checks of all persons elected by the General Assembly as justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, and judges of the circuit and district courts, and of all persons appointed by the circuit courts as magistrates or substitute judges. The bill also prohibits the appointment of substitute judges and magistrates with certain criminal backgrounds in the same manner as the prohibitions for appointment of special conservators of the peace.


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