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1996 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia as it is currently 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 3
Second 6 5 6
Two-A 1 1
Third 3 2
Fourth 6 4
Fifth 3 2
Sixth 3 2
Seventh 3 3
Eighth 3 2
Ninth 3 2 3
Tenth 3 2
Eleventh 2 2
Twelfth 4 3 4
The juvenile and domestic relations district court judges of the twelfth district shall render assistance on a regular basis to the juvenile and domestic relations court judges of the thirteenth district by appropriate designation.
Thirteenth 8 4 Fourteenth 4 3 Fifteenth 5 5 Sixteenth 4 3 Seventeenth 3 2 Eighteenth 2 2 Nineteenth 10 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.