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1999 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 8.01-4 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 8.01-4. District courts and circuit courts may prescribe certain rules.
The district courts and circuit courts may, from time to time, prescribe rules
for their respective districts and circuits. Such rules as may be reasonably
appropriate to shall be strictly limited to only those rules absolutely
necessary to promote proper order and decorum, and the convenient and efficient
use of courthouses courthouse facilities and clerks' offices. No rule of any
such court shall be prescribed or enforced which is inconsistent with this
statute or any other statutory provision, or the Rules of the Supreme Court, or
contrary to the decided cases, or which has the effect of abridging substantive rights of persons before
such Court. Any rule of court which violates the provisions of this section
shall be invalid.
2. That the provisions of this act shall take effect July 1, 2000. The Courts of Justice Committee of the Senate and the Courts of Justice Committee of the House of Delegates along with the Supreme Court of Virginia shall review and make recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 1999, as to which matters are docket control procedures and which matters are local rules. It is the clear intent of the General Assembly that there be no local rules and that any docket control procedures not affect the substantive rights of the litigants.