Rules of Evidence; adoption of amendments or additions of Rules by Supreme Court of Virginia, etc. (HB101)
Introduced By
Del. Manoli Loupassi (R-Richmond) with support from co-patron Del. Dave Albo (R-Springfield)
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Description
Rules of Evidence; adoption. Provides that the Rules of Evidence (available here) that have been prepared and adopted by the Supreme Court of Virginia and approved by the Virginia Code Commission shall take effect on July 1, 2012. The bill also repeals current evidentiary provisions in the Code of Virginia that are included in the Rules of Evidence. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission. Amends § 16.1-69.40 (“Powers and duties of clerks; civil liability.”), § 18.2-268.3 (“Refusal of tests; penalties; procedures.”), § 19.2-265.5 (“Prosecuting misdemeanor cases without attorney.”), § 26-17.9 (“Vouchers and statement of assets on hand; direct payments to account; vouchers for IRS payments.”), § 32.1-127.1:03 (“Health records privacy.”), § 55-120 (“Acknowledgments on behalf of corporations and others.”), § 55-43 (“Appointment of attorney in fact by married women; effect of writing executed by such attorney.”), § 63.2-1509 (“Physicians, nurses, teachers, etc., to report certain injuries to children; penalty for failure to report.”), § 8.01-3 (“Supreme Court may prescribe rules; effective date and availability; indexed, and annotated; effect of subsequent enactments of General Assembly.”), § 8.01-390 (“Nonjudicial records as evidence.”), § 8.01-401 (“How adverse party may be examined; effect of refusal to testify.”), § 8.01-407 (“How summons for witness issued, and to whom directed; prior permission of court to summon certain officials and judges; attendance before commissioner of other state; attorney-issued summons.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
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