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1994 SESSION

LD3711837
SENATE BILL NO. 71
Offered January 14, 1994
A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the number of district court judges.
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Patrons--Holland, E.M., Andrews, Cross, Gartlan and Walker; Delegates: Almand and Reynolds
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Referred to the 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. (For effective date - See note) 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 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 number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:

               General District Court     Juvenile and Domestic
                        Judges              Relations District
                                              Court Judges
First                     3                          2
Second                    6                          5
Two-A          The General and Juvenile
                and Domestic Relations 1             1
                   District Court
Third                     3                          2
Fourth                    6                          4
Fifth                     2                          2
Sixth                     3                          2
Seventh                   3                          3
Eighth                    3                          2
Ninth                     3                          2
Tenth                     3                          2
Eleventh                  2                          2
Twelfth                  34                          3
Thirteenth                8                          4
Fourteenth                4                         23
Fifteenth                 5                          4
Sixteenth                 4                          3
Seventeenth               3                          2
Eighteenth                2                         12
Nineteenth               10                          6
Twentieth                 3                          2
Twenty-first              2                          2
Twenty-second             2                          23
Twenty-third              5                          34
Twenty-fourth             4                          34
Twenty-fifth              5                          3

The general district court judges of the twenty-fifth district shall render assistance on a regular basis to the general district court judges of the twenty-sixth district by appropriate designation.

Twenty-sixth              4                         23
Twenty-seventh            4                          3
Twenty-eighth             2                          2
Twenty-ninth              3                          2
Thirtieth                 2                          2
Thirty-first              4                          4

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