PRINTER'S NO. 755
No. 682 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY LESCOVITZ, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, CLARK, DALEY,
GEIST, LAUGHLIN, McCALL, SOLOBAY, TIGUE AND HORSEY,
FEBRUARY 13, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 seat of court and for local chamber facilities.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 504, 543, 563(b) and 3703 of Title 42 of
7 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 504. Seat of court.
9 (a) Regular sessions.--The regular sessions of the Supreme
10 Court shall be held in [the facility specified in section 3701
11 (relating to Pennsylvania Judicial Center)] Harrisburg and
12 elsewhere as [prescribed by general rule] provided in subsection
13 (b).
14 (b) Other sessions.--Within the limits of available
15 appropriations, special sessions of the court may be held from
16 time to time for the convenience of parties or witnesses, or
17 both, in the interest of justice, in such judicial districts of
18 this Commonwealth if suitable courtroom and related physical
1 facilities are made available without cost to the Commonwealth.
2 § 543. Seat of court.
3 (a) Regular sessions.--The regular sessions of the Superior
4 Court shall be held at the [cities] city of Harrisburg[,
5 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh] and elsewhere as [prescribed by
6 general rule or rule of court] provided in subsection (b).
7 (b) Other sessions.--Within the limits of available
8 appropriations, special sessions of the court may be held from
9 time to time for the convenience of parties or witnesses, or
10 both, in the interest of justice, in such judicial districts of
11 this Commonwealth if suitable courtroom and related physical
12 facilities are made available without cost to the Commonwealth.
13 § 563. Seat of court.
14 * * *
15 (b) Other sessions.--Within the limits of available
16 appropriations, special sessions of the court may be held from
17 time to time for the convenience of parties or witnesses, or
18 both, in the interest of justice, in such judicial districts of
19 this Commonwealth as make available without cost to the
20 Commonwealth suitable courtroom and related physical facilities.
21 [The court shall also sit in the cities of Philadelphia and
22 Pittsburgh.]
23 § 3703. Local chamber facilities.
24 The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall
25 furnish for each judge of the appellate courts of this
26 Commonwealth chamber facilities in the county in which such
27 judge resides in conformity with general rules for such judge
28 and [the] one personal [staff] secretary of such judge from
29 funds annually appropriated by the General Assembly.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002, or in 12
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1 months, whichever is sooner.
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