CHAPTER 182

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
15.1-995.1, relating to tenure and reelection of certain judges.

[(S 216]
Approved March 13, 1968

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
15.1-995.1, as follows:

§ 15.1-995.1. Any judge or associate judge of a municipal court of
any city, who resides in such city and has an established home therein,
which homesite has become or hereafter becomes a part of another city
since such judge’s election or appointment, shall not vacate his office by
reason of his residence in such city, but shall continue to hold such office
so long as he shall be successively elected or appointed to the office held
by him at the time of such transition.