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1994 SPECIAL SESSION I


CHAPTER 3
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, as it is effective and as it may become effective, relating to number of judges.
[H 4002]
Approved July 7, 1994

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, as it is effective and as it may become effective, 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 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:

                                                      Juvenile and Domestic
                           General District Court       Relations District
                                   Judges                  Court Judges
First                                 3                         2
Second                                6                         5
Two-A                                 1                         1
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                               4                         3
Thirteenth                            8                         4
Fourteenth                            4                         3
Fifteenth                             5                         4
Sixteenth                             4                         3
Seventeenth                           3                         2
Eighteenth                            2                         2
Nineteenth                           10                         6 7
Twentieth                             3                         2
Twenty-first                          2                         2
Twenty-second                         2                         3
Twenty-third                          5                         4
Twenty-fourth                         4                         4
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                         3
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.

§ 16.1-69.6:1. (Delayed effective date) Number of judges.

For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and family 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 family court judges.

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

                           General District Court        Family Court
                                   Judges                   Judges
First                                 3                         2
Second                                6                         5
Two-A                   The General and Juvenile and
                        Domestic Relations District
                        Court                                   1
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                               3                         3
Thirteenth                            8                         4
Fourteenth                            4                         2
Fifteenth                             5                         4
Sixteenth                             4                         3
Seventeenth                           3                         2
Eighteenth                            2                         1
Nineteenth                           10                         6 7
Twentieth                             3                         2
Twenty-first                          2                         2
Twenty-second                         2                         2
Twenty-third                          5                         3
Twenty-fourth                         4                         3
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                         2
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.

2. That an emergency exists and this act shall become effective on August 1, 1994.