PRINTER'S NO. 521

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 483 Session of 1987


        INTRODUCED BY PIEVSKY, ACOSTA, CARN, COHEN, DEAL, DONATUCCI,
           EVANS, FATTAH, HARPER, HAYDEN, HOWLETT, HUGHES, JOSEPHS,
           KENNEY, KOSINSKI, LINTON, MAIALE, O'BRIEN, OLIVER, PERZEL,
           RICHARDSON, RIEGER, ROEBUCK, J. TAYLOR, TRUMAN, WESTON,
           WIGGINS, WOGAN AND O'DONNELL, FEBRUARY 25, 1987

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 25, 1987

                                     AN ACT

     1  Providing an additional appropriation for senior judges in the
     2     courts of common pleas.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  The following sums, or as much thereof as may be
     6  necessary, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
     7  hereinafter named agencies of the Commonwealth for the fiscal
     8  year beginning July 1, 1986:
     9                       Courts of Common Pleas
    10     For senior judges of the courts of
    11  common pleas. Senior judges working as
    12  active or senior judges a minimum of
    13  75 days in the prior calendar year are
    14  to receive health benefits. Senior
    15  judges shall not be assigned unless
    16  adequate funds are available in this


     1  appropriation to provide compensation.
     2  Any senior judge assigned in excess of
     3  existing funding shall be compensated
     4  from the appropriation for the Supreme
     5  Court.................................                  $657,000
     6     Section 2.  The appropriation contained in section 1 of this
     7  act shall be in addition to any funds provided for the same
     8  purpose in the act of July 1, 1986 (P.L.    , No.5A), known as
     9  the General Appropriation Act of 1986.
    10     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.














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