Bill Text: VA SB1486 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Judges, retired, etc.; increases per diem compensation for substitute judges.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0328) [SB1486 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-SB1486-Introduced.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §16.1-69.44 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§16.1-69.44. Salaries of judges.
Each district court judge shall be paid by the Commonwealth an annual salary which shall be fixed in the general appropriation acts and set at an amount equal to ninety percent of the annual salary fixed by state law for judges of the circuit courts.
Each substitute judge of a district court shall receive for
his services a per diem compensation of $200 $500 except when such judge sits pursuant to the provisions
of Title 37.2, in which case compensation shall be limited to that provided in
§37.2-804. The judge replaced may certify that the substitute judge is
entitled to $100 if the substitute judge acted in his official capacity for
less than a full court docket or served less than four hours. A full-time judge
elected to an initial term after January 1, 1974, shall also be prohibited from
engaging in the practice of law.
