Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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HB3063: Judges; increases number in general district court.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia 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 4 3
Second 7 7
Two-A 1 1
Third 3 3
Fourth 6 5
Fifth 3 2
Sixth 4 2
Seventh 4 4
Eighth 3 3
Ninth 3 3
Tenth 3 3
Eleventh
Twelfth 4 5
Thirteenth 8 5
Fourteenth 4 5
Fifteenth 6 7
Sixteenth 4 4
Seventeenth 4 2
Eighteenth 2 2
Nineteenth 11 8
Twentieth 4 3
Twenty-first 2 2
Twenty-second 2 3
Twenty-third 5 4
Twenty-fourth 4 5
Twenty-fifth 5 4
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 5
Twenty-seventh 5 4
Twenty-eighth 2 2
Twenty-ninth 3 2
Thirtieth 2 2
Thirty-first 4 5
The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the provisions of § 16.1-69.9:3.
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