HOUSE BILL NO. 817 Offered January 9, 2008 Prefiled January 8, 2008 A BILL to amend and reenact § 16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of district court judges. ---------- Patron-- Albo ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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                         34
 Second                                78                         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                              23                         23
 Twelfth                               4                         5
 Thirteenth                            8                         5
 Fourteenth                            4                         5
 Fifteenth                             67                         78
 Sixteenth                             4                         45
 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                          45                         5
 Twenty-seventh                        5                         4
 Twenty-eighth                         2                         23
 Twenty-ninth                          3                         23
 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.