SB106:

Retired circuit and district court judges under recall; evaluation.

Bill Summary:

Retired circuit and district court judges under
recall; evaluation; qualification by the Senate Committee on the
Judiciary and the House Committee for Courts of Justice. Requires
that retired district court judges sitting as substitutes be found
qualified every three years by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
and House Committee for Courts of Justice instead of authorized by
the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also
requires the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court
of Virginia to prepare and distribute an evaluation form for each
circuit and district court retired judge who has requested to be
called upon to sit in recall during his final year of the three-year
period following qualification. The bill further requires that the
Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia
annually prepare and transmit a report including such evaluations
conducted that year to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and
the House Committee for Courts of Justice by the first day of the
next regular session of the General Assembly.