HB761: Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.


VIRGINIA ACTS OF ASSEMBLY -- CHAPTER
An Act to amend and reenact § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.
[H 761]
Approved

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-917. Assistance and information; complaint forms.

A. State and local public bodies and departments, officers and employees thereof, and officials and all personnel of the courts of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with and give reasonable assistance and information to the Commission and any authorized representative thereof, in connection with any investigations or proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

B. In all state courts within the Commonwealth a sign shall be posted in a location accessible to the public that notes the availability of and provides instructions to obtain a downloadable electronic version of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint from the official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth.


HOUSE BILL NO. 761
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
on February 23, 2022)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Krizek)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 39 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-3908.1, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission and the Virginia State Bar; availability of complaint forms.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding in Article 1 of Chapter 39 of Title 54.1 a section numbered 54.1-3908.1 as follows:

§ 17.1-917. Assistance and information; complaint forms.

A. State and local public bodies and departments, officers and employees thereof, and officials and all personnel of the courts of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with and give reasonable assistance and information to the Commission and any authorized representative thereof, in connection with any investigations or proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

B. In all state courts within the Commonwealth a sign shall be posted in a location accessible to the public that notes the availability of and provides instructions to obtain a downloadable electronic version of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint from the official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth.

§ 54.1-3908.1. Complaint forms.

In all state courts within the Commonwealth a sign shall be posted in a location accessible to the public that notes the availability of and provides instructions to access an online form or obtain a downloadable electronic version of a form developed and utilized by the Virginia State Bar for the filing of a complaint against a lawyer from the official website of the Virginia State Bar.


HOUSE BILL NO. 761
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice
on February 7, 2022)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Krizek)
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-917. Assistance and information; complaint forms.

A. State and local public bodies and departments, officers and employees thereof, and officials and all personnel of the courts of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with and give reasonable assistance and information to the Commission and any authorized representative thereof, in connection with any investigations or proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

B. In all state courts within the Commonwealth a sign shall be posted in a location accessible to the public that notes the availability of and provides instructions to obtain a downloadable electronic version of any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint from the official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth.

HOUSE BILL NO. 761

Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled January 11, 2022
A BILL to amend and reenact § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; availability of complaint forms.
Patron-- Krizek (By Request)

Committee Referral Pending

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 17.1-917 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 17.1-917. Assistance and information; complaint forms.

A. State and local public bodies and departments, officers and employees thereof, and officials and all personnel of the courts of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with and give reasonable assistance and information to the Commission and any authorized representative thereof, in connection with any investigations or proceedings within the jurisdiction of the Commission.

B. Any standardized form developed and utilized by the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission for the filing of a complaint shall be made available to the public in paper form in every clerk's office in all courts of the Commonwealth. In all state courts within the Commonwealth a sign shall be posted in a location accessible to the public that notes the availability and location of such paper forms in the office. Such signs shall also provide instructions to obtain a downloadable electronic version that shall be made available through the official website of the judicial system of the Commonwealth, every individual appellate, circuit, general district, and juvenile and domestic relations district court website, if such website exists, and the website for the Division of Legislative Services.