PRINTER'S NO. 1242
No. 1066 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY RITTER, MELUSKEY AND ZWIKL, MAY 2, 1977
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 2, 1977
AN ACT
1 To provide for an additional law judge of the court of common
2 pleas in the thirty-first judicial district.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. In addition to the judges provided for in the act
6 of January 8, 1952 (P.L.1844, No.494), entitled "An act to
7 designate the several judicial districts of the Commonwealth, as
8 required by the Constitution, and to provide for the election
9 and commissioning of judges learned in the law for the said
10 districts," an additional law judge is hereby authorized and
11 provided for the court of common pleas of the thirty-first
12 judicial district, who shall possess the same qualifications
13 which are required by the Constitution and laws for the
14 president judge of the court of common pleas of the district and
15 who shall hold his office for a like term and by the same tenure
16 and shall have the same power, authority and jurisdiction and
17 shall be subject to the same duties, restrictions and penalties
18 and shall receive the same compensation provided for by law for
1 judges learned in the law as if the same office had been
2 established in the time of and subject to the provisions of the
3 act of June 1, 1956 (P.L.1959, No.657), entitled, as amended,
4 "An act fixing the salaries and compensation of the Chief
5 Justice and judges of the Supreme Court, the President Judge and
6 judges of the Superior Court, the judges of the courts of common
7 pleas, the judges of the orphans' courts, the judges of the
8 County Court of Philadelphia and the judges of the County Court
9 and Juvenile Court of Allegheny County, certain associate judges
10 not learned in the law, certain state officers, and the salary
11 and expenses of the members of the General Assembly, and
12 repealing certain inconsistent acts."
13 Section 2. At the municipal election in November, 1977, the
14 qualified electors of the thirty-first judicial district shall
15 elect, in the same manner prescribed by law for the election of
16 the president judge of the court of common pleas of the
17 district, a competent person learned in the law to serve as
18 additional law judge of the court of common pleas of the thirty-
19 first judicial district from the first Monday in January, 1978,
20 for a term of ten years. Vacancies in the office hereby created
21 whether caused by death, resignation, expiration of term or
22 otherwise shall be filled in the same manner as is required by
23 law in case of similar vacancies in the office of president
24 judge of the court.
25 Section 3. The Governor may appoint a competent person
26 learned in the law, as additional law judge of the court of
27 common pleas of the thirty-first judicial district, to serve
28 until the first Monday of January, 1978.
29 Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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