PRINTER'S NO. 310

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 277 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY PITTS, MORRIS, VROON, FLICK, HERSHEY AND REBER,
           FEBRUARY 16, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 16, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for an
     3     additional judge in the fifteenth judicial district.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     7  Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 911.  Courts of common pleas.
     9     (a)  General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
    10  for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
    11  the following number of judges:

    12                                                  Number of
    13             Judicial District                     Judges

    14                 First                               81
    15                 Second                               6
    16                 Third                                5

     1                 Fourth                               1
     2                 Fifth                               39
     3                 Sixth                                6
     4                 Seventh                             10
     5                 Eighth                               2
     6                 Ninth                                3
     7                 Tenth                                8
     8                 Eleventh                             7
     9                 Twelfth                              6
    10                 Thirteenth                           1
    11                 Fourteenth                           4
    12                 Fifteenth                            [7] 8
    13                 Sixteenth                            2
    14                 Seventeenth                          1
    15                 Eighteenth                           1
    16                 Nineteenth                           6
    17                 Twentieth                            1
    18                 Twenty-first                         5
    19                 Twenty-second                        1
    20                 Twenty-third                         6
    21                 Twenty-fourth                        3
    22                 Twenty-fifth                         1
    23                 Twenty-sixth                         1
    24                 Twenty-seventh                       5
    25                 Twenty-eighth                        1
    26                 Twenty-ninth                         3
    27                 Thirtieth                            2
    28                 Thirty-first                         6
    29                 Thirty-second                       14
    30                 Thirty-third                         1
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     1                 Thirty-fourth                        1
     2                 Thirty-fifth                         3
     3                 Thirty-sixth                         5
     4                 Thirty-seventh                       1
     5                 Thirty-eighth                       15
     6                 Thirty-ninth                         2
     7                 Fortieth                             2
     8                 Forty-first                          1
     9                 Forty-second                         1
    10                 Forty-third                          2
    11                 Forty-fourth                         1
    12                 Forty-fifth                          5
    13                 Forty-sixth                          1
    14                 Forty-seventh                        4
    15                 Forty-eighth                         1
    16                 Forty-ninth                          2
    17                 Fiftieth                             3
    18                 Fifty-first                          1
    19                 Fifty-second                         3
    20                 Fifty-third                          2
    21                 Fifty-fourth                         1
    22                 Fifty-fifth                          1
    23                 Fifty-sixth                          1
    24                 Fifty-seventh                        1
    25                 Fifty-eighth                         1
    26                 Fifty-ninth                          1
    27                 Sixtieth                             1

    28     Section 2.  The additional judicial position created by this
    29  act shall be considered a vacancy and shall be filled pursuant
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     1  to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 (relating to increase in number of judges).
     2     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.



















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