Bill Text: VA HJR493 | 2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Judges; election in Supreme Court of Virginia, circuit court, and general district court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-26 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ493ER) [HJR493 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2010-HJR493-Enrolled.html

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 493
Election of a Supreme Court of Virginia Justice, a Circuit Court Judge, and General District Court Judges.

 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 10, 2010
Agreed to by the Senate, March 10, 2010

 

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly shall proceed this day at the conclusion of each house's morning hour

To the election of a Supreme Court of Virginia justice for a term of twelve years commencing April 1, 2010.

To the election of a Circuit Court judge for the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit for a term of eight years commencing March 16, 2010.

To the election of General District Court judges for a term of six years commencing as follows:

One judge for the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, term commencing May 1, 2010.

One judge for the Twenty-seventh Judicial District, term commencing March 1, 2010.

And that in the execution of the joint order nominations shall be made in the order herein named, and that each house shall be notified of said nominations, and when the rolls shall be called for the whole number, the presiding officers of each house shall appoint a committee of three, which together shall constitute the joint committee to count the vote of each house in each case and report the results to their respective houses.  The joint order may be suspended by the presiding officer of either house at any time but for no longer than twenty-four hours to receive the report of the joint committee.

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