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2016 SESSION


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 536
Election of Circuit Court Judges, General District Court Judges, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges, and a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 9, 2016
Agreed to by the Senate, March 9, 2016

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed on or after this day

To the election of Circuit Court judges for terms of eight years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial Circuit, term commencing July 1, 2016.

To the election of General District Court judges for terms of six years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Sixteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Nineteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-first Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-third Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-fourth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Thirty-first Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

To the election of Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judges for terms of six years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Fifth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Tenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Thirteenth Judicial District, term commencing August 1, 2016.

One judge for the Fifteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Nineteenth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-fifth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

One judge for the Twenty-ninth Judicial District, term commencing July 1, 2016.

To the election of a member of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for a term of four years commencing July 1, 2016.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, 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 in each case 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.