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PRINTER'S NO. 2867
No. 2177 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY ARMSTRONG, SCHRODER, FARGO, E. Z. TAYLOR,
CHADWICK, BROWN, HERMAN, HENNESSEY, HALUSKA AND LYNCH,
FEBRUARY 3, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 3, 1998
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, further providing for a unified judicial
3 system.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby resolves as follows:
6 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
7 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
8 That section 1 of Article V be amended to read:
9 § 1. Unified judicial system.
10 The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a
11 unified judicial system consisting of the Supreme Court, the
12 Superior Court, the Commonwealth Court, courts of common pleas,
13 community courts, municipal and traffic courts in the City of
14 Philadelphia, such other courts as may be provided by law and
15 justices of the peace. All courts and justices of the peace and
16 their jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system
17 which shall be funded and structured as provided by the General
1 Assembly by law.
2 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
3 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
4 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
5 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
6 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
7 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
8 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
9 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
10 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
11 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
12 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
13 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
14 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
15 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
16 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
17 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
18 Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment
19 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first
20 primary, general or municipal election occurring at least three
21 months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by
22 the General Assembly which meets the requirements of and is in
23 conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of
24 Pennsylvania.
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