HB1899: Jury commissioners; changes date which judge of circuit court may appoint jury commissioners.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That 8.01-343 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
8.01-343. Appointment of jury commissioners.
The judge of each circuit court in which juries are impaneled
shall, prior to the first day of [ July ] [ November ]
in each year, appoint for the next ensuing year ending on the following first
day of [ July ] [ November ] not less than
two nor more than fifteen persons as jury commissioners, who shall be competent
to serve as jurors under the provisions of this chapter, and shall be citizens
of intelligence, morality, and integrity. [ The judge of the circuit court
with the urban county form of government may impanel jury commissioners at any
time prior to the first day of November in each year. ] Any one judge of
the judicial circuit may make such appointment under this section. No
practicing attorney-at-law, however, shall be appointed as a jury commissioner.
Such appointment shall be certified by the judge to the clerk of the court for
which the appointment is made, who shall enter the same on the civil order book
of such court. No jury commissioner shall be eligible to reappointment for at
least three years after the expiration of the year for which he was appointed.
For the purpose of this section, the two divisions of the Circuit Court of the
City of Richmond shall be deemed to be separate courts.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That 8.01-343 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
8.01-343. Appointment of jury commissioners.
The judge of each circuit court in which juries are impaneled
shall, prior to the first day of July November in each year, appoint for the next ensuing year ending on
the following first day of July November
not less than two nor more than fifteen persons as jury commissioners, who
shall be competent to serve as jurors under the provisions of this chapter, and
shall be citizens of intelligence, morality, and integrity. Any one judge of
the judicial circuit may make such appointment under this section. No
practicing attorney-at-law, however, shall be appointed as a jury commissioner.
Such appointment shall be certified by the judge to the clerk of the court for
which the appointment is made, who shall enter the same on the civil order book
of such court. No jury commissioner shall be eligible to reappointment for at
least three years after the expiration of the year for which he was appointed.
For the purpose of this section, the two divisions of the Circuit Court of the
City of Richmond shall be deemed to be separate courts.