PRINTER'S NO. 354
No. 325 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, BENNINGHOFF, M. COHEN, BOSCOLA, OLASZ,
ROBINSON, PISTELLA, TRAVAGLIO, STRITTMATTER AND DALEY,
FEBRUARY 5, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
3 number of judges of the courts of common pleas in certain
4 judicial districts.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 911. Courts of common pleas.
10 (a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
11 for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
12 the following number of judges:
13 Number of
14 Judicial District Judges
15 First 90
16 Second [9] 11
17 Third 6
18 Fourth 1
1 Fifth 41
2 Sixth 8
3 Seventh 11
4 Eighth 2
5 Ninth 5
6 Tenth 10
7 Eleventh 8
8 Twelfth 7
9 Thirteenth 1
10 Fourteenth 5
11 Fifteenth 9
12 Sixteenth 2
13 Seventeenth 2
14 Eighteenth 1
15 Nineteenth 9
16 Twentieth 1
17 Twenty-first 5
18 Twenty-second 1
19 Twenty-third 10
20 Twenty-fourth 4
21 Twenty-fifth 2
22 Twenty-sixth 2
23 Twenty-seventh 5
24 Twenty-eighth 1
25 Twenty-ninth 4
26 Thirtieth 2
27 Thirty-first 8
28 Thirty-second 16
29 Thirty-third 2
30 Thirty-fourth 1
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1 Thirty-fifth 3
2 Thirty-sixth 5
3 Thirty-seventh 1
4 Thirty-eighth 16
5 Thirty-ninth 3
6 Fortieth 2
7 Forty-first 2
8 Forty-second 2
9 Forty-third 4
10 Forty-fourth 1
11 Forty-fifth 6
12 Forty-sixth 2
13 Forty-seventh 5
14 Forty-eighth 1
15 Forty-ninth [2] 3
16 Fiftieth 4
17 Fifty-first 2
18 Fifty-second 3
19 Fifty-third 3
20 Fifty-fourth 1
21 Fifty-fifth 1
22 Fifty-sixth 2
23 Fifty-seventh 1
24 Fifty-eighth 1
25 Fifty-ninth 1
26 Sixtieth 1
27 * * *
28 Section 2. (a) The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 shall
29 not be applicable to the selection of judges for the judgeships
30 created in the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a).
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1 (b) The new judgeships for the second district added by the
2 amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created as follows:
3 one judgeship shall be created on January 5, 1998, and shall be
4 initially filled by election at the 1997 municipal election and
5 one judgeship shall be created on January 3, 2000, and shall be
6 initially filled by election at the 1999 municipal election.
7 (c) The new judgeship for the forty-ninth district added by
8 the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created on January
9 5, 1998, and shall be initially filled by election at the 1997
10 municipal election.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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