PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1972 PRINTER'S NO. 2868
No. 1579 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY RAPPAPORT AND SPENCER, OCTOBER 12, 1983
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 1, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for an <--
3 additional judge in the tenth judicial district. JUDGES IN <--
4 THE SIXTH, SEVENTH, NINTH, TENTH, FIFTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH,
5 NINETEENTH, TWENTY-THIRD, TWENTY-FOURTH, THIRTY-SECOND,
6 FORTY-SECOND AND FIFTY-FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 911 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
10 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
11 § 911. Courts of common pleas.
12 (a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
13 for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
14 the following number of judges:
15 Number of
16 Judicial District Judges
17 First 81
18 Second 6
19 Third 5
1 Fourth 1
2 Fifth 39
3 Sixth [6] 8 <--
4 Seventh [10] 11 <--
5 Eighth 2
6 Ninth [3] 4 <--
7 Tenth [8] 9
8 Eleventh 7
9 Twelfth 6
10 Thirteenth 1
11 Fourteenth 4
12 Fifteenth [7] 8 <--
13 Sixteenth 2
14 Seventeenth [1] 2 <--
15 Eighteenth 1
16 Nineteenth [6] 7 <--
17 Twentieth 1
18 Twenty-first 5
19 Twenty-second 1
20 Twenty-third [6] 7 <--
21 Twenty-fourth [3] 4 <--
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] 15 <--
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] 2 <--
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] 2 <--
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 (b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial
29 districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
30 known as the "Court of Common Pleas of (the respective) County."
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1 (c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial
2 districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
3 known as the "Court of Common Pleas of the (respective) Judicial
4 District." There shall be a separate branch of the court in each
5 county comprising the judicial district.
6 Section 2. The vacancy VACANCIES created by the new <--
7 judgeship JUDGESHIPS added by section 1 of this act shall be <--
8 filled pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 (relating to increase in <--
9 number of judges) BY ELECTION. <--
10 Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 1984 1985. <--
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