Courts of Record

Passed

P HB63

Number of circuit court judges. Adds a fifth circuit court judge to the Third Judicial Circuit (Portsmouth). This bill is identical to SB 388.
Patron - Albo

P HB68

Courts Technology Fund; creation. Creates a special non-reverting fund to be administered by the Supreme Court of Virginia funded by (i) a $5 increase from July 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006 in clerks' fees for civil case filings in the district and circuit courts and a $10 increase thereafter, (ii) doubling the filing fee in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to $50, and (iii) a $14 increase in the Supreme Court fee for a law license certificate and a certificate of qualification. Money in the Fund is to be allocated at the direction of the Supreme Court of Virginia to staff, advance, update, maintain, replace, repair and support the telecommunications and technology systems of the judicial system. Revenues raised in support of the Fund shall not be used to supplant current funding to the judicial branch. This bill is identical to SB 157.
Patron - Callahan

P HB312

Courts of record; certain fees. Maintains the current fee collected in civil actions for Legal Aid Services.
Patron - Albo

P HB432

Election and terms of members of the State Corporation Commission (SCC) and the Workers' Compensation Commission. Adds flexibility into the schedule for the election of members of the SCC and Worker's Compensation Commission so that the members do not have to be elected by February 1. SCC members would begin their term whenever they are elected and serve for the unexpired term. Workers' Compensation Commission members would begin their term that would start whenever they are elected as is the case for judges elected by the General Assembly.
Patron - Griffith

P HB563

Posting of court records on a website; personal information; sunset. Removes the sunset provision prohibiting certain information from being posted on a court-controlled website. The Compensation Board policies shall require court clerks to certify that proposed technology improvements of their land records will provide remote access to land records on or before July 1, 2007. If a court clerk provides remote access to land records on or before July 1, 2007, the clerk may then apply to the Compensation Board for an allocation from the Technology Trust Fund. The bill also requests the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to develop methods for the redaction of social security numbers from electronic land record documents and to submit a project budget to the Compensation Board for approval.
Patron - Nixon

P HB1238

Emergency sessions of the Supreme Court of Virginia. Allows the Supreme Court during a state of emergency to convene at such time, in such location, and for such purposes as is necessary for the efficient and effective administration of justice and, in such circumstances, allows the justices to preside through the use of technology in order to satisfy the quorum requirement.
Patron - Melvin

P SB156

Court of Appeals; chief judge; additional compensation. Increases the additional compensation of the chief judge of the Court of Appeals from $1,000 to $3,000 per year.
Patron - Norment

P SB157

Courts Technology Fund; creation. Creates a special non-reverting fund to be administered by the Supreme Court of Virginia funded by (i) a $5 increase until December 31, 2006, on certain civil case filings and a $10 increase thereafter on these and other civil case filings in the district and circuit courts, (ii) doubling the filing fee in the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court to $50, and (iii) a $14 increase in the Supreme Court fee for a law license certificate and a certificate of qualification. Money in the Fund is to be allocated at the direction of the Supreme Court of Virginia to staff, advance, update, maintain, replace, repair and support the telecommunications and technology systems of the judicial system. Revenues raised in support of the Fund shall not be used to supplant current funding to the judicial branch. This bill is identical to HB 68.
Patron - Norment

P SB388

Number of circuit court judges. Adds a fifth circuit court judge to the Third Judicial Circuit (Portsmouth). This bill is identical to HB 63.
Patron - Stolle

Failed

F HB379

Assessment for courthouse construction, renovation or maintenance. Increases from $2 to $12 the allowable assessment for local governments on civil, criminal and traffic filings and removes the cap of $4 when assessed in conjunction with a law library fee.
Patron - Dance

F HB778

Duty of clerk to record writings; title insurance. Requires that deeds conveying or encumbering not more than four residential dwelling units contain the title insurance underwriter, the insurance policy number, or a statement that there is no title insurance in effect.
Patron - Albo

F HB819

Appointment of magistrates. Provides that a retired magistrate is eligible to serve as a substitute magistrate.
Patron - May

F HB859

Crimes; death penalty. Abolishes the death penalty for all Class 1 felonies committed on or after July 1, 2006.
Patron - Hargrove

F HB934

Courts of record; assessment for courthouse construction. Increases from $2 to $10 the part of the costs for filing civil actions, and thereby increases from $4 to $14 the total for the assessment for courthouse construction and for the acquisition of books and equipment for local law libraries.
Patron - Nutter

F HB951

Sentencing guideline modifications. Requires the advice and consent of the General Assembly before any modification to the discretionary sentencing guidelines proposed in the Sentencing Commission's annual report becomes effective. Currently, the Commission's modifications automatically become effective on the next July 1 unless otherwise provided by law.
Patron - Joannou

F HB1019

F HB1020

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; membership. Restricts the General Assembly to electing members of the Commission to those recommended by the Supreme Court.
Patron - Hurt

F HB1468

Substitute and retired judges' per diem. Increases the per diem for substitute and retired judges and retired members of the State Corporation Commission and the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission from $200 to $250 when such judges or members sit as substitutes or under recall, and $100 to $125, for judges who sit for half days or less.
Patron - Jones, S.C.

F SB142

Indexing by tax map reference number; filing corrective deed; civil penalty. Requires the filing of a corrective deed or other instrument recorded if it is found to contain an incorrect tax map reference number or numbers, or PIN. Failure to do so subjects the person or other entity to a civil penalty not to exceed $250.
Patron - Deeds

F SB389

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; membership. States that at the request of the General Assembly, the Supreme Court may recommend candidates for election to the Commission.
Patron - Stolle

Carried Over

C SB383

Posting and availability of certain information on the Internet; prohibitions. Repeals the sunset on the restrictions set out for personal information posted on a court website and broadens the restrictions to apply to records within a secure remote access system established for land records. Such restrictions include prohibiting the posting of any document that contains (i) an actual signature, (ii) a social security number, (iii) a date of birth identified with a particular person, (iv) the maiden name of a person's parent so as to be identified with a particular person, (v) any financial account number or numbers, or (vi) the name and age of any minor child. The bill also repeals the stated intent of the General Assembly that all clerks provide secure remote access to land records on or before July 1, 2006.
Patron - McDougle

C SB390

Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission; depositions; discovery. Grants the Supreme Court the authority to adopt rules governing discovery in Commission proceedings in which a judge has been charged formally with misconduct. Any discovery dispute will be resolved by the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond or, if a judge in the City of Richmond is the judge who has been formally charged, a circuit court judge not from the City of Richmond.
Patron - Stolle

C SB466

Fees for clerks, sheriffs, etc. Provides that clerks, sheriffs and other officers may not receive payment out of the state treasury for services rendered in cases of political subdivisions or municipal corporations of the Commonwealth. This prohibition currently applies to cases of the Commonwealth.
Patron - Norment

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