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2020 SESSION

20101932D
HOUSE BILL NO. 777
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 7, 2020
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-315 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the duties of the Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court.
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Patron-- Mullin
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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 § 17.1-315 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-315. Duties of Executive Secretary.

The Executive Secretary to the Supreme Court shall have the following duties:

1. He shall be the Secretary of the Judicial Council;

2. He shall be the Secretary of the Judicial Conference;

3. He shall assist the Chief Justice and the Supreme Court in the administration of the judicial branch of the government to the end that litigation may be expedited and the administration of justice improved in the courts of the Commonwealth; and

4. He shall be custodian of records of administrative functions performed by persons employed by him or acting under his direction and of aggregated data regarding Virginia courts that may be obtained from systems maintained by his office; and

5. He shall have such other duties as may be required of him by the Chief Justice or by the Supreme Court in the performance of the administrative functions of that Court.