Virginia House Bill 536 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2008 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2008-02-12 - House: Left in Appropriations

Compensation of court-appointed counsel; juvenile offenders. Provides that court-appointed counsel who are appointed to defend a juvenile in district court for an offense that would be a felony if committed by an adult may request a waiver on the compensation cap up to certain specified amounts depending on the charges being defended when the effort expended, the time reasonably necessary for the particular representation, the novelty and difficulty of the issues, or other circumstances warrant such a waiver. The maximum amounts of the waivers allowed are fixed at the level of the compensation cap for defending adults of the same crimes in circuit court.

Court-appointed counsel; compensation in district court for those defending juvenile offenders.

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2008-02-12		House: Left in Appropriations
2008-02-05		House: Assigned App. sub: General Government (Abbitt)
2008-02-01		House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2008-02-01		House: Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
2008-01-16		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2008-01-07		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2008-01-07		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081068676

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?081+sum+HB536