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This law was first created in 2019. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 13<\/a> and 51<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2020, chapter 603<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72043,"section_number":"46.2-391","catch_line":"Revocation of license for multiple convictions of driving while intoxicated; exception; petition for restoration of privilege","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-391\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":166641,"object_type":"law","relational_id":71021,"identifier":"18.2-254.2","token":"18.2\/7\/1\/18.2-254.2","url":"\/18.2-254.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-254.2\/","token":"18.2\/7\/1\/18.2-254.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Specialty dockets; report","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-254.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> shall develop a statewide evaluation model and conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of all local specialty dockets<\/span> established in accordance with the Rules of Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia. Each local specialty docket<\/span> shall submit evaluative reports to the Office of the Executive Secretary as requested. The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia shall submit a report of such evaluations to the General Assembly by December 1 of each year. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any veterans docket<\/span> authorized and established as a local specialty docket<\/span> in accordance with the Rules of Supreme Court<\/span> of Virginia shall be deemed a “Veterans Treatment Court<\/span> Program,” as that term is used under federal law<\/span> or by any other entity, for the purposes of applying for, qualifying for, or receiving any federal grants, other federal money, or money from any other entity designated to assist or fund such state programs. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSPECIALTY DOCKETS; REPORT (\u00a7 18.2-254.2)\n\nA. The Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall develop a\nstatewide evaluation model and conduct ongoing evaluations of the effectiveness\nand efficiency of all local specialty dockets established in accordance with the\nRules of Supreme Court of Virginia. Each local specialty docket shall submit\nevaluative reports to the Office of the Executive Secretary as requested. The\nOffice of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia shall submit\na report of such evaluations to the General Assembly by December 1 of each year.\n\nB. Any veterans docket authorized and established as a local specialty docket in\naccordance with the Rules of Supreme Court of Virginia shall be deemed a\n“Veterans Treatment Court Program,” as that term is used under\nfederal law or by any other entity, for the purposes of applying for, qualifying\nfor, or receiving any federal grants, other federal money, or money from any\nother entity designated to assist or fund such state programs.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, cc. 13, 51; 2020, c. 603.","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}}