                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

AUTHORIZATION FOR SUBSTITUTE JUDGES AND PERSONNEL (§ 16.1-69.38)

The Committee on District Courts established in § 16.1-69.33 shall, subject to
the provision of § 16.1-69.37, establish guidelines and determine the necessity
for the employment of substitute judges, clerks, deputy clerks and all other
personnel of the district courts and authorize the employment of such personnel
by the courts. For purposes of this chapter, the term &#8220;personnel,&#8221;
as related to the courts, shall not include probation officers and other social
service officers of a juvenile and domestic relations district court. The
Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall obtain pertinent personnel
policies of local units of government as to personnel of courts not of record
who become employees of district courts pursuant to this chapter, and he shall
assist the Committee in the performance of its duties. The Committee may receive
the advice and recommendations of the Executive Secretary with respect to
authorization of personnel for the district courts, job classifications, salary
scales, vacation and sick leave and related personnel matters.
		The Committee may authorize the appointment of any personnel to serve one or
more district courts within any district and in addition may authorize the clerk
and deputy clerks of the circuit court of a political subdivision to serve as
clerk and deputy clerks of one or more district courts within the political
subdivision.

HISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.