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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 85 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 1979 \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 1997, chapter 587<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1383975,"object_type":"law","relational_id":348164,"identifier":"15.2-3003","token":"15.2\/III\/30\/15.2-3003","url":"\/15.2-3003\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/15.2-3003\/","token":"15.2\/III\/30\/15.2-3003","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service on special court","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 15.2-3003","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Judges<\/span> selected for the panel<\/span> shall continue to perform their regular duties as required by law<\/span>. Appointment by the Supreme Court<\/span> to sit on a three-judge<\/span> court<\/span> shall relieve the judge<\/span> of his other duties to the extent necessary to serve on the three-judge<\/span> court<\/span> and participate in the proceedings and decision.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE ON SPECIAL COURT (\u00a7 15.2-3003)\n\nJudges selected for the panel shall continue to perform their regular duties as\nrequired by law. Appointment by the Supreme Court to sit on a three-judge court\nshall relieve the judge of his other duties to the extent necessary to serve on\nthe three-judge court and participate in the proceedings and decision.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 85, \u00a7 15.1-1170; 1997, c. 587.","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"}}