                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL (§ 16.1-69.39)

All personnel shall be appointed by, serve at the pleasure of, and be subject to
removal by the chief judge of the district court in which they serve. In the
event of any personnel authorized to serve in both a general district court and
juvenile and domestic relations district court within any district, appointments
and removals shall be made by the chief judges of such courts and in the event
of a tie vote on any such matter the chief judges of the district shall certify
such fact to the Committee on District Courts who shall decide the matter. The
provisions of this section shall not be applicable in the event of authorization
for any deputy circuit court clerk or deputy clerk to serve any district court.
Personnel subject to the provisions of this article shall not be subject to the
Virginia Personnel Act (§ 2.2-2900 et seq.).

HISTORY: 1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546; 1975, c. 334.