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HOUSE BILL NO. 2033 Offered January 13, 1997 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 16.1-239.1 and 16.1-239.2, relating to use of substitute judges in truancy and other matters. ----------
Patrons-- Dillard, Albo, Callahan, Keating, Lovelace, McClure, Mims, O'Brien, Plum, Puller, Rust and Scott; Senators: Ticer, Waddell and Woods
---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding sections numbered 16.1- 239.1 and 16.1-239.2 as follows:

§ 16.1-239.1. Substitute judges; designated courts; appointment; duties; compensation.

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 16.1-69.21 and 16.1-69.35, the chief judge of the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit is authorized to appoint no more than two discreet and competent attorneys licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth to act as substitute judges in cases involving truancy and other matters in the juvenile and domestic relations district court. Each such judge shall have the power to hear and determine such truancy and other matters as may be assigned to him by the chief judge of the juvenile court. While acting as a substitute judge, such attorney shall exercise the same power and authority conferred upon judges under this Code. Such substitute judges shall receive the same compensation as provided for other substitute judges in § 16.1-69.44.

§ 16.1-239.2. Cases which may be referred to substitute judges.

The referral of cases to a substitute judge shall be limited to complaints of truancy made by an attendance officer pursuant to § 22.1-262, petitions presented by the attorney for the Commonwealth involving truancy arising under the provisions of Article 1 (§ 22.1-254 et seq.) of Chapter 14 of Title 22.1 and any other matters determined by the chief judge of the juvenile court to be appropriate for referral to the substitute judge.

2. That the provisions of this act shall expire on July 1, 1999.

3. That the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall report to the 1999 General Assembly on the efficiency of using substitute judges in truancy cases and whether such specialized personnel should be efficiently utilized in other specific classes of cases in the juvenile and domestic relations district court system.