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2010 SESSION
10105774DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 19.2-215.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 19.2-215.3. When impaneled; impaneling order.
Upon application by two or more attorneys for the Commonwealth, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or any justice designated by the Chief Justice, may within twenty days thereafter order the impaneling of a multi-jurisdiction grand jury for a term of twelve months. The term of such a grand jury may be extended for successive periods of not more than six months by the Chief Justice, or by any justice designated by the Chief Justice, upon the petition of a majority of the members of the grand jury.
The impaneling order shall appoint a judge of a circuit
court from one of the jurisdictions named on the application as the presiding
judge and shall designate the jurisdiction requested on the application
as the jurisdiction where the multi-jurisdiction grand jury shall be
convened and shall, unless all judges of that circuit have recused
themselves, appoint a judge of the circuit court of that jurisdiction as the
presiding judge. The impaneling order shall also designate special counsel
and each special counsel who will assist the multi-jurisdiction grand jury as
listed in the application. The presiding judge shall substitute or appoint
additional special counsel upon motion of special counsel.