HJ537: Judges; election in Court of Appeals, general district court, etc.


HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 537
Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, a General District Court Judge, and a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 10, 2016
Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2016

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed on or after March 10, 2016:

To the election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia judge for a term of eight years commencing April 16, 2016.

To the election of a General District Court judge for the Seventh Judicial District for a term of six years commencing July 1, 2016.

To the election of a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge for the Seventeenth Judicial District for a term of six years commencing July 1, 2016.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house in each case and report the results to their respective houses. The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 537

Offered March 10, 2016
 Election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge, a General District Court Judge, and a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judge.
Patron-- Loupassi

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed on or after March 10, 2016:

To the election of a Court of Appeals of Virginia judge for a term of eight years commencing April 16, 2016.

To the election of a General District Court judge for the Seventh Judicial District for a term of six years commencing July 1, 2016.

To the election of a Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court judge for the Seventeenth Judicial District for a term of six years commencing July 1, 2016.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house in each case and report the results to their respective houses. The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.