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2016 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 424
 Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 3, 2016
Agreed to by the Senate, March 8, 2016

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed on or after Thursday, March 3, 2016

To the election of a Supreme Court of Virginia justice for a term of twelve years commencing March 3, 2016.

And that in the execution of the joint order a nomination shall be made, and that each house shall be notified of said nomination, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house and report the results to their respective houses. The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.