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HOUSE BILL NO. 288 Offered January 10, 1996 A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia as it is currently effective, relating to juvenile and domestic relations district court judges; number. ---------- Patrons-- Brickley, Marshall, Parrish and Rollison; Senator: Colgan ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

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
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
Tenth	3	2
Eleventh	2	2
Twelfth	4	3
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 5

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