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HOUSE BILL NO. 1120 Offered January 25, 1994 A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-122.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to small claims courts. ----------
Patrons--Dillard, Albo, Almand, Armstrong, Behm, Bennett, Brickley, Callahan, Christian, Cohen, Connally, Copeland, Cox, Crouch, Cunningham, Darner, Davies, Deeds, Dudley, Fisher, Forbes, Griffith, Hamilton, Harris, Howell, Hull, Ingram, Johnson, Katzen, Kidd, Kilgore, Marshall, May, Mayer, McClure, McDonnell, Melvin, Mims, Moore, Morgan, Newman, O'Brien, Orrock, Parrish, Plum, Puller, Purkey, Rhodes, Scott, Sherwood, Shuler, Tata, Thomas, Van Landingham, Wagner, Wardrup, Watkins, Way and Wilkins; Senators: Barry, Benedetti, Calhoun, Colgan, Earley, Gartlan, Hawkins, Holland, E.M., Howell, Marsh, Miller, K.G., Miller, Y.B., Norment, Potts, Quayle, Reasor, Saslaw, Stolle, Stosch, Trumbo and Woods
---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-122.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 16.1-122.1. Small claims court; designated.

Each The governing body of any county or city may adopt an ordinance to require the general district court in any judicial district encompassing (i) a county having a population in excess of 300,000, and (ii) beginning on July 1, 1991, and continuing through June 30, 1993, a county having a population of more than 152,000 and less than 153,000, according to the 1980 United States Census shall its locality to have a small claims division which shall be designated the small claims court. In the event that two localities share a general district court, that court shall not be required to have such a small claims division unless the governing bodies in both localities adopt such ordinance.