PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1972, 2868, 2890 PRINTER'S NO. 2978
No. 1579 Session of 1983
INTRODUCED BY RAPPAPORT AND SPENCER, OCTOBER 12, 1983
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MAY 15, 1984
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for additional
3 judges on the Commonwealth Court and for additional judges in
4 the sixth, seventh, ninth, tenth, fifteenth, seventeenth,
5 nineteenth, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, THIRTY-FIRST, <--
6 thirty-second, forty-second and FORTY-SIXTH, fifty-first AND <--
7 FIFTY-THIRD judicial districts.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Sections 561 and 911 of Title 42 of the
11 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
12 § 561. Commonwealth Court.
13 The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania shall consist of
14 [nine] 11 judges.
15 § 911. Courts of common pleas.
16 (a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
17 for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
18 the following number of judges:
19 Number of
1 Judicial District Judges
2 First 81
3 Second 6
4 Third 5
5 Fourth 1
6 Fifth 39
7 Sixth [6] 8
8 Seventh [10] 11
9 Eighth 2
10 Ninth [3] 4
11 Tenth [8] 9
12 Eleventh 7
13 Twelfth 6
14 Thirteenth 1
15 Fourteenth 4
16 Fifteenth [7] 8
17 Sixteenth 2
18 Seventeenth [1] 2
19 Eighteenth 1
20 Nineteenth [6] 7
21 Twentieth 1
22 Twenty-first 5
23 Twenty-second 1
24 Twenty-third [6] 7
25 Twenty-fourth [3] 4
26 Twenty-fifth 1
27 Twenty-sixth 1
28 Twenty-seventh 5
29 Twenty-eighth 1
30 Twenty-ninth 3
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1 Thirtieth 2
2 Thirty-first [6] 7 <--
3 Thirty-second [14] 15
4 Thirty-third 1
5 Thirty-fourth 1
6 Thirty-fifth 3
7 Thirty-sixth 5
8 Thirty-seventh 1
9 Thirty-eighth 15
10 Thirty-ninth 2
11 Fortieth 2
12 Forty-first 1
13 Forty-second [1] 2 <--
14 Forty-third 2
15 Forty-fourth 1
16 Forty-fifth 5
17 Forty-sixth [1] 2 <--
18 Forty-seventh 4
19 Forty-eighth 1
20 Forty-ninth 2
21 Fiftieth 3
22 Fifty-first [1] 2
23 Fifty-second 3
24 Fifty-third [2] 3 <--
25 Fifty-fourth 1
26 Fifty-fifth 1
27 Fifty-sixth 1
28 Fifty-seventh 1
29 Fifty-eighth 1
30 Fifty-ninth 1
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1 Sixtieth 1
2 (b) Single county districts.--In single county judicial
3 districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
4 known as the "Court of Common Pleas of (the respective) County."
5 (c) Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial
6 districts the court of common pleas of the district shall be
7 known as the "Court of Common Pleas of the (respective) Judicial
8 District." There shall be a separate branch of the court in each
9 county comprising the judicial district.
10 Section 2. The vacancies created by the new judgeships added
11 by section 1 of this act shall be filled by election.
12 Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 1985.
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