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SENATE BILL NO. 696 Offered January 20, 2022 A BILL to amend and reenact §16.1-69.6:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum number of judges in each judicial district. ---------- Patron-- Stanley ---------- Referred to Committee on the Judiciary ----------

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

Juvenile and Domestic

 

Court Judges

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

6

5

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

2 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.