Bill Text: VA SB1655 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Specialty dockets; report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-19 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0051) [SB1655 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2019-SB1655-Chaptered.html

CHAPTER 51
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-254.2, relating to specialty dockets; report.
[S 1655]
Approved February 19, 2019

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-254.2 as follows:

§18.2-254.2. Specialty dockets; report.

The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall develop a statewide evaluation model and conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of all local specialty dockets established in accordance with the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia. Each local specialty docket shall submit evaluative reports to the Office of the Executive Secretary as requested. The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall submit a report of such evaluations to the General Assembly by December 1 of each year.

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