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2016 SESSION

16100326D
SENATE BILL NO. 347
Offered January 13, 2016
Prefiled January 11, 2016
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of general district court judges in the 25th Judicial District.
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Patrons-- Deeds and Hanger
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-69.6:1. Number of judges.

For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the maximum number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective districts, except as provided in § 16.1-69.16, and whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed for general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges.

The maximum number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:

 

General District

Juvenile and Domestic

 

Court Judges

Relations District Court Judges

First

4

4

Second

7

7

Two-A

1

1

Third

2

3

Fourth

6

5

Fifth

2

2

Sixth

4

2

Seventh

4

4

Eighth

3

3

Ninth

3

4

Tenth

3

4

Eleventh

3

3

Twelfth

5

6

Thirteenth

6

4

Fourteenth

5

5

Fifteenth

8

10

Sixteenth

4

6

Seventeenth

3

2

Eighteenth

2

2

Nineteenth

11

7

Twentieth

4

3

Twenty-first

1

2

Twenty-second

2

4

Twenty-third

4

5

Twenty-fourth

3

6

Twenty-fifth

3 4

5

Twenty-sixth

5

7

Twenty-seventh

5

5

Twenty-eighth

2

3

Twenty-ninth

2

3

Thirtieth

2

2

Thirty-first

5

5

The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the provisions of § 16.1-69.9:3.