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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 387; in 1991, chapter 406; in 1995, chapter 41<\/a>; in 1998, chapter 872<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163985,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78278,"identifier":"17.1-703","token":"17.1\/7\/1\/17.1-703","url":"\/17.1-703\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-703\/","token":"17.1\/7\/1\/17.1-703","dublin_core":{"Title":"Presiding officer; study of procedure","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-703","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span>, or the other justice summoning the Council, shall be its presiding officer.\n\t\tThe Council shall, during each of its meetings, make a continuous study of the organization and the rules and methods of procedure and practice of the judicial system of the Commonwealth, the work accomplished and the results produced by the system and its various parts; and shall make studies of the need, or lack of need, of additional judges<\/span> or justices of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia, the Court<\/span> of Appeals<\/span> of Virginia, and the circuit<\/span> courts<\/span>.\n\t\tOn the request of the presiding officer, the Attorney General<\/span> shall attend the Council and confer with the members thereof, more particularly on the Commonwealth’s business in the courts<\/span>, and for the purpose of devising methods for the prevention of undue delay in the trial<\/span> of such cases.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESIDING OFFICER; STUDY OF PROCEDURE (\u00a7 17.1-703)\n\nThe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the other justice summoning the\nCouncil, shall be its presiding officer.\n\t\tThe Council shall, during each of its meetings, make a continuous study of the\norganization and the rules and methods of procedure and practice of the judicial\nsystem of the Commonwealth, the work accomplished and the results produced by\nthe system and its various parts; and shall make studies of the need, or lack of\nneed, of additional judges or justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the\nCourt of Appeals of Virginia, and the circuit courts.\n\t\tOn the request of the presiding officer, the Attorney General shall attend the\nCouncil and confer with the members thereof, more particularly on the\nCommonwealth’s business in the courts, and for the purpose of devising\nmethods for the prevention of undue delay in the trial of such cases.\n\nHISTORY: 1930, p. 789, \u00a7 17-225; Michie Code 1942, \u00a7 6571h; 1968, c. 387;\n1991, c. 406; 1995, c. 41; 1998, c. 872.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}