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HOUSE BILL NO. 1123 Offered January 10, 2024 Prefiled January 10, 2024 A BILL to amend and reenact §16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum number of authorized judgeships in each judicial district. ---------- Patron-- Carr ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

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. 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 Court Judges

Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Judges

First

4

4

Second

7

6

Two-A

2

1

Third

2

3

Fourth

6

5

Fifth

3

2

Sixth

5

3

Seventh

4

4

Eighth

3

3

Ninth

3

4

Tenth

3

3

Eleventh

3

3

Twelfth

5

6

Thirteenth

67

57

Fourteenth

5

5

Fifteenth

8

9

Sixteenth

4

6

Seventeenth

3

2

Eighteenth

2

2

Nineteenth

12

8

Twentieth

4

3

Twenty-first

2

2

Twenty-second

3

4

Twenty-third

4

5

Twenty-fourth

3

6

Twenty-fifth

4

5

Twenty-sixth

5

7

Twenty-seventh

5

5

Twenty-eighth

3

3

Twenty-ninth

2

3

Thirtieth

2

3

Thirty-first

5

5

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