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1997 SESSION


CHAPTER 16
An Act to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, as it is currently effective and as it may become effective, relating to number of district court judges.
[H 1920]
Approved February 17, 1997

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 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                              34                        3
 Second                             6                         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                         3
 Tenth                              3                         23
 Eleventh                           2                         2
 Twelfth                            4                         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.


                                                   Juvenile and Domestic
                         General District Court       Relations District
                                 Judges                  Court Judges
 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.

                                                   Juvenile and Domestic
                         General District Court       Relations District
                                 Judges                  Court Judges
 Twenty-sixth                       4                         3
 Twenty-seventh                     4                         3
 Twenty-eighth                      2                         2
 Twenty-ninth                       3                         2
 Thirtieth                          2                         2
 Thirty-first                       4                         45

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
                                Judges               Family Court Judges
 First                              34                        2
 Second                             6                         5
                                                              1
                       The General and Juvenile
 Two-A              and Domestic Relations District           1
                          and Family Court
 Third                              3                         2
 Fourth                             6                         4
 Fifth                              2                         2
 Sixth                              3                         2
 Seventh                            3                         3
 Eighth                             3                         2
 Ninth                              3                         2
 Tenth                              3                         23
 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                         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.

                            General District Court
                                    Judges              Family Court Judges
 Twenty-sixth                       4                         2
 Twenty-seventh                     4                         3
 Twenty-eighth                      2                         2
 Twenty-ninth                       3                         2
 Thirtieth                          2                         2
 Thirty-first                       4                         45

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