Bill Text: VA SB72 | 2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Public defender offices; Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and County of Prince William.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0376) [SB72 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-SB72-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §19.2-163.04 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§19.2-163.04. Public Defender offices.
Public defender offices are established in:
a. The City of Virginia Beach;
b. The City of Petersburg;
c. The Cities of Buena Vista, Lexington, Staunton and Waynesboro and the Counties of Augusta and Rockbridge;
d. The City of Roanoke;
e. The City of Portsmouth;
f. The City of Richmond;
g. The Counties of Clarke, Frederick, Page, Shenandoah and Warren, and the City of Winchester;
h. The City and County of Fairfax;
i. The City of Alexandria;
j. The City of Radford and the Counties of Bland, Pulaski and Wythe;
k. The Counties of Fauquier, Loudoun and Rappahannock;
l. The City of Suffolk;
m. The City of Franklin and the Counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton;
n. The County of Bedford;
o. The City of Danville;
p. The Counties of Halifax, Lunenburg and Mecklenburg;
q. The City of Fredericksburg and the Counties of King George, Stafford and Spotsylvania;
r. The City of Lynchburg;
s. The City of Martinsville and the Counties of Henry and Patrick;
t. The City of Charlottesville and the County of Albemarle;
u. The City of Norfolk;
v. The County of Arlington and the City of Falls Church;
w. The City of Newport News;
x. The City of Chesapeake; and
y. The City of Hampton; and
z. The Cities of Manassas and Manassas Park and the County of Prince William.