16.1-69.38 - Authorization for substitute judges and personnel.
§ 16.1-69.38. Authorization for substitute judges and personnel.
The Committee on District Courts established in § 16.1-69.33 shall, subjectto the provision of § 16.1-69.37, establish guidelines and determine thenecessity for the employment of substitute judges, clerks, deputy clerks andall other personnel of the district courts and authorize the employment ofsuch personnel by the courts. For purposes of this chapter, the term"personnel," as related to the courts, shall not include probation officersand other social service officers of a juvenile and domestic relationsdistrict court. The Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court shall obtainpertinent personnel policies of local units of government as to personnel ofcourts not of record who become employees of district courts pursuant to thischapter, and he shall assist the Committee in the performance of its duties.The Committee may receive the advice and recommendations of the ExecutiveSecretary with respect to authorization of personnel for the district courts,job classifications, salary scales, vacation and sick leave and relatedpersonnel matters.
The Committee may authorize the appointment of any personnel to serve one ormore district courts within any district and in addition may authorize theclerk and deputy clerks of the circuit court of a political subdivision toserve as clerk and deputy clerks of one or more district courts within thepolitical subdivision.
(1972, c. 708; 1973, c. 546.)