Bill Text: VA HB51 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Evidentiary hearings in the Supreme Court of Virginia; Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB51 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB51-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §17.1-906 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§17.1-906. Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
In addition to the jurisdiction conferred on the Supreme Court
by Article VI, Section 1 and Section 10 of the Constitution of Virginia, to conduct evidentiary hearings and impose
sanctions upon the filing by the Commission of complaints against justices of
the Supreme Court, judges of other courts of record, and members of the State
Corporation Commission, the Supreme Court by virtue of this chapter shall have
the same jurisdiction, to be exercised in the same manner, upon the filing by
the Commission of complaints against all other judges as defined in this
chapter. Both the
Commission and the judge who is the subject
of the complaint shall be entitled
to present evidence and argument during such hearings. The Supreme
Court may enter any scheduling orders it deems necessary.
