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HOUSE BILL NO. 761 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 11, 2022 A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms. ---------- Patron-- Krizek (By Request) ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-917. Assistance and information; complaint forms.

A. State and local public bodies and departments, officers and employees thereof, and officials and all personnel of the courts of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with and give reasonable assistance and information to the Commission and any authorized representative thereof, in connection with any investigations or proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

B. Any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint shall be made available to the public in paper form in every clerk's office in all courts of the Commonwealth. In all state courts within the Commonwealth a sign shall be posted in a location accessible to the public that notes the availability and location of such paper forms in the office. Such signs shall also provide instructions to obtain a downloadable electronic version that shall be made available through the official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth, every individual appellate, circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations district court website, if such website exists, and the website for the Division of Legislative Services.