                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PRESIDING OFFICER; STUDY OF PROCEDURE (§ 17.1-703)

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or the other justice summoning the
Council, shall be its presiding officer.
		The 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 or justices of the Supreme Court of Virginia, the
Court of Appeals of Virginia, and the circuit courts.
		On the request of the presiding officer, the Attorney General shall attend the
Council and confer with the members thereof, more particularly on the
Commonwealth&#8217;s business in the courts, and for the purpose of devising
methods for the prevention of undue delay in the trial of such cases.

HISTORY: 1930, p. 789, § 17-225; Michie Code 1942, § 6571h; 1968, c. 387;
1991, c. 406; 1995, c. 41; 1998, c. 872.