PRINTER'S NO. 658
No. 590 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY DIETZ AND PUNT, MARCH 23, 1983
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 23, 1983
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for dividing
3 the thirty-ninth judicial district into two separate judicial
4 districts.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Sections 901 and 911 of Title 42 of the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
9 § 901. Judicial districts.
10 (a) General rule.--The Commonwealth is divided into [60] 61
11 judicial districts, numbered and composed as follows:
12 First.--City and County of Philadelphia.
13 Second.--County of Lancaster.
14 Third.--County of Northampton.
15 Fourth.--County of Tioga.
16 Fifth.--County of Allegheny.
17 Sixth.--County of Erie.
18 Seventh.--County of Bucks.
1 Eighth.--County of Northumberland.
2 Ninth.--County of Cumberland.
3 Tenth.--County of Westmoreland.
4 Eleventh.--County of Luzerne.
5 Twelfth.--County of Dauphin.
6 Thirteenth.--County of Greene.
7 Fourteenth.--County of Fayette.
8 Fifteenth.--County of Chester.
9 Sixteenth.--County of Somerset.
10 Seventeenth.--Counties of Snyder and Union.
11 Eighteenth.--County of Clarion.
12 Nineteenth.--County of York.
13 Twentieth.--County of Huntingdon.
14 Twenty-first.--County of Schuylkill.
15 Twenty-second.--County of Wayne.
16 Twenty-third.--County of Berks.
17 Twenty-fourth.--County of Blair.
18 Twenty-fifth.--County of Clinton.
19 Twenty-sixth.--Counties of Columbia and Montour.
20 Twenty-seventh.--County of Washington.
21 Twenty-eighth.--County of Venango.
22 Twenty-ninth.--County of Lycoming.
23 Thirtieth.--County of Crawford.
24 Thirty-first.--County of Lehigh.
25 Thirty-second.--County of Delaware.
26 Thirty-third.--County of Armstrong.
27 Thirty-fourth.--County of Susquehanna.
28 Thirty-fifth.--County of Mercer.
29 Thirty-sixth.--County of Beaver.
30 Thirty-seventh.--Counties of Forest and Warren.
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1 Thirty-eighth.--County of Montgomery.
2 Thirty-ninth.--[Counties of Franklin and Fulton] County
3 of Franklin.
4 Fortieth.--County of Indiana.
5 Forty-first.--Counties of Juniata and Perry.
6 Forty-second.--County of Bradford.
7 Forty-third.--County of Monroe.
8 Forty-fourth.--Counties of Sullivan and Wyoming.
9 Forty-fifth.--County of Lackawanna.
10 Forty-sixth.--County of Clearfield.
11 Forty-seventh.--County of Cambria.
12 Forty-eighth.--County of McKean.
13 Forty-ninth.--County of Centre.
14 Fiftieth.--County of Butler.
15 Fifty-first.--County of Adams.
16 Fifty-second.--County of Lebanon.
17 Fifty-third.--County of Lawrence.
18 Fifty-fourth.--County of Jefferson.
19 Fifty-fifth.--County of Potter.
20 Fifty-sixth.--County of Carbon.
21 Fifty-seventh.--County of Bedford.
22 Fifty-eighth.--County of Mifflin.
23 Fifty-ninth.--Counties of Cameron and Elk.
24 Sixtieth.--County of Pike.
25 Sixty-first.--County of Fulton.
26 (b) Change in number or boundaries.--Except as otherwise
27 provided therein, any statute amending subsection (a) so as to
28 change the number or boundaries of the judicial districts of
29 this Commonwealth shall take effect 30 days after the entry of
30 an order of the Supreme Court evidencing the advice and consent
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1 of the court to the amendment pursuant to section 11 of Article
2 V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.
3 § 911. Courts of common pleas.
4 (a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
5 for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
6 the following number of judges:
7 Number of
8 Judicial District Judges
9 First 81
10 Second 6
11 Third 5
12 Fourth 1
13 Fifth 39
14 Sixth 6
15 Seventh 10
16 Eighth 2
17 Ninth 3
18 Tenth 8
19 Eleventh 7
20 Twelfth 6
21 Thirteenth 1
22 Fourteenth 4
23 Fifteenth 7
24 Sixteenth 2
25 Seventeenth 1
26 Eighteenth 1
27 Nineteenth 6
28 Twentieth 1
29 Twenty-first 5
30 Twenty-second 1
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1 Twenty-third 6
2 Twenty-fourth 3
3 Twenty-fifth 1
4 Twenty-sixth 1
5 Twenty-seventh 5
6 Twenty-eighth 1
7 Twenty-ninth 3
8 Thirtieth 2
9 Thirty-first 6
10 Thirty-second 14
11 Thirty-third 1
12 Thirty-fourth 1
13 Thirty-fifth 3
14 Thirty-sixth 5
15 Thirty-seventh 1
16 Thirty-eighth 15
17 Thirty-ninth 2
18 Fortieth 2
19 Forty-first 1
20 Forty-second 1
21 Forty-third 2
22 Forty-fourth 1
23 Forty-fifth 5
24 Forty-sixth 1
25 Forty-seventh 4
26 Forty-eighth 1
27 Forty-ninth 2
28 Fiftieth 3
29 Fifty-first 1
30 Fifty-second 3
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1 Fifty-third 2
2 Fifty-fourth 1
3 Fifty-fifth 1
4 Fifty-sixth 1
5 Fifty-seventh 1
6 Fifty-eighth 1
7 Fifty-ninth 1
8 Sixtieth 1
9 Sixty-first 1
10 (b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial
11 districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
12 known as the "Court of Common Pleas of (the respective) County."
13 (c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial
14 districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
15 known as the "Court of Common Pleas of the (respective) Judicial
16 District." There shall be a separate branch of the court in each
17 county comprising the judicial district.
18 Section 2. The new judgeship created by this act shall be
19 deemed a vacancy and shall be filled pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §
20 3132 (relating to vacancies in office).
21 Section 3. This act shall take effect 30 days after the
22 advice and consent of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is given
23 by order of the court pursuant to section 11 of Article V of the
24 Constitution of Pennsylvania.
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