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1999 SESSION
981961304Be 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 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. [ Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
a court from establishing reasonable docket management tools for hearings,
motions and trials. ] Any rule of court which violates the
provisions of this section shall be invalid.