Bill Text: VA SB147 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Judges; increases number in district court in 23rd Judicial District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-18 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N) [SB147 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-SB147-Prefiled.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 147 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled December 29, 2015 A BILL to amend and reenact §16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to number of general district court judges; Twenty-third Judicial District. ---------- Patron-- Edwards ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§16.1-69.6:1. Maximum number of judges.

For the several judicial districts there shall be full-time general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges, the maximum number as hereinafter set forth, who shall during their service reside within their respective districts, except as provided in § 16.1-69.16, and whose compensation and powers shall be the same as now and hereafter prescribed for general district court judges and juvenile and domestic relations district court judges.

The maximum number of judges of the districts shall be as follows:

		General District	Juvenile and Domestic
		Court Judges	Relations District Court Judges
	First	4	4
	Second	7	7
	Two-A	1	1
	Third	2	3
	Fourth	6	5
	Fifth	2	2
	Sixth	4	2
	Seventh	4	4
	Eighth	3	3
	Ninth	3	4
	Tenth	3	4
	Eleventh	3	3
	Twelfth	5	6
	Thirteenth	6	4
	Fourteenth	5	5
	Fifteenth	8	10
	Sixteenth	4	6
	Seventeenth	3	2
	Eighteenth	2	2
	Nineteenth	11	7
	Twentieth	4	3
	Twenty-first	1	2
	Twenty-second	2	4
	Twenty-third	4 5	5
	Twenty-fourth	3	6
	Twenty-fifth	3	5
	Twenty-sixth	5	7
	Twenty-seventh	5	5
	Twenty-eighth	2	3
	Twenty-ninth	2	3
	Thirtieth	2	2
	Thirty-first	5	5

The election or appointment of any district judge shall be subject to the provisions of §16.1-69.9:3.