SENATE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 4637 PRINTER'S NO. 4750
No. 2978 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY BIRMELIN, NOVEMBER 8, 2004
SENATOR THOMPSON, APPROPRIATIONS, IN SENATE, RE-REPORTED AS
AMENDED, NOVEMBER 17, 2004
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for expenses
3 for district justices AND FOR SENIOR DISTRICT JUSTICES; and <--
4 making a related repeal.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
8 Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
9 § 1524. Expenses while temporarily assigned.
10 Any district justice temporarily assigned to sit outside the
11 political subdivision in which the justice's magisterial
12 district is located shall be paid by the county in which
13 magisterial district the justice is temporarily assigned the
14 actual, accountable expenses, not to exceed $50 per day, and
15 mileage at rates to be established by the Administrative Office
16 but not in excess of the applicable maximum mileage rate
17 authorized by the Federal Government.
1 SECTION 2. SECTION 4122(B) OF TITLE 42 IS AMENDED TO READ: <--
2 § 4122. ASSIGNMENT OF DISTRICT JUSTICES.
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4 (B) SENIOR DISTRICT JUSTICES.--A SENIOR DISTRICT JUSTICE WHO
5 SHALL NOT HAVE BEEN DEFEATED FOR REELECTION OR BEEN SUSPENDED OR
6 REMOVED FROM OFFICE MAY, WITH HIS CONSENT, BE ASSIGNED ON
7 TEMPORARY MAGISTERIAL SERVICE PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (A). A
8 SENIOR DISTRICT JUSTICE SHALL BE PAID A PER DIEM SALARY AT THE
9 SAME ANNUAL RATE AS IS APPLICABLE IN THE DISTRICT WHERE HE IS
10 TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED AND SHALL RECEIVE EXPENSES AT THE SAME PER
11 DIEM RATE AS OTHER JUSTICES TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED. ANY SENIOR
12 DISTRICT JUSTICE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO SIT OUTSIDE THE
13 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH THE SENIOR JUSTICE'S RESIDENCE IS
14 LOCATED SHALL BE PAID BY THE COUNTY IN WHICH MAGISTERIAL
15 DISTRICT THE SENIOR JUSTICE IS TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED MILEAGE AT
16 RATES TO BE ESTABLISHED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE BUT NOT IN
17 EXCESS OF THE APPLICABLE MAXIMUM MILEAGE RATE AUTHORIZED BY THE
18 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
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20 Section 2 3. Section 206 of the act of July 15, 1976 <--
21 (P.L.1014, No.204), known as the Magisterial District Reform
22 Act, is repealed.
23 Section 3 4. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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