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This law was first created in 1962. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 622 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1962 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1970, chapter 559.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1389789,"object_type":"law","relational_id":349537,"identifier":"16.1-219","token":"16.1\/9\/16.1-219","url":"\/16.1-219\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/16.1-219\/","token":"16.1\/9\/16.1-219","dublin_core":{"Title":"President; election of executive committee; assistance by Executive Secretary of Supreme Court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 16.1-219","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<\/span> shall be president of the Conference. The Conference shall elect from the judges<\/span> of courts<\/span> not of record seven judges<\/span> who shall act as an executive committee. The Chief Justice shall be chairman of the executive committee, but he may designate the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court<\/span> to preside at meetings of the executive committee and the Conference and may assign him administrative duties relating to the committee and Conference.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRESIDENT; ELECTION OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; ASSISTANCE BY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF\nSUPREME COURT (\u00a7 16.1-219)\n\nThe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be president of the Conference. The\nConference shall elect from the judges of courts not of record seven judges who\nshall act as an executive committee. The Chief Justice shall be chairman of the\nexecutive committee, but he may designate the Executive Secretary of the Supreme\nCourt to preside at meetings of the executive committee and the Conference and\nmay assign him administrative duties relating to the committee and Conference.\n\nHISTORY: 1962, c. 622; 1970, c. 559.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}