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        PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 680                        PRINTER'S NO. 860

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 643 Session of 1999


        INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, EARLL, STOUT, WHITE, HOLL, MELLOW AND
           LEMMOND, MARCH 22, 1999

        AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, APRIL 12, 1999

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
     2     Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
     3     number of judges of the courts of common pleas in certain
     4     judicial districts.

     5     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     6  hereby enacts as follows:
     7     Section 1.  Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
     8  Consolidated Statutes, amended December 15, 1998 (P.L.949,
     9  No.126), is amended to read:
    10  § 911.  Courts of common pleas.
    11     (a)  General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
    12  for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
    13  the following number of judges:
    14                                                  Number of
    15             Judicial District                     Judges
    16                 First                               90
    17                 Second                              11
    18                 Third                                7


     1                 Fourth                               1
     2                 Fifth                               41
     3                 Sixth                               [8] 9
     4                 Seventh                             11
     5                 Eighth                               2
     6                 Ninth                                5
     7                 Tenth                               11
     8                 Eleventh                             9
     9                 Twelfth                              8
    10                 Thirteenth                          [2] 3          <--
    11                 Fourteenth                           5
    12                 Fifteenth                           11
    13                 Sixteenth                            3
    14                 Seventeenth                          2
    15                 Eighteenth                          [1] 2
    16                 Nineteenth                          11
    17                 Twentieth                            1
    18                 Twenty-first                         5
    19                 Twenty-second                        1
    20                 Twenty-third                        11
    21                 Twenty-fourth                        4
    22                 Twenty-fifth                         2
    23                 Twenty-sixth                         2
    24                 Twenty-seventh                       5
    25                 Twenty-eighth                        2
    26                 Twenty-ninth                         5
    27                 Thirtieth                            2
    28                 Thirty-first                         9
    29                 Thirty-second                       18
    30                 Thirty-third                         2
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     1                 Thirty-fourth                        1
     2                 Thirty-fifth                         3
     3                 Thirty-sixth                         6
     4                 Thirty-seventh                       1
     5                 Thirty-eighth                      [18] 20
     6                 Thirty-ninth                         4
     7                 Fortieth                             2
     8                 Forty-first                          2
     9                 Forty-second                         2
    10                 Forty-third                          5
    11                 Forty-fourth                         1
    12                 Forty-fifth                         [6] 7
    13                 Forty-sixth                          2
    14                 Forty-seventh                        5
    15                 Forty-eighth                         1
    16                 Forty-ninth                          3
    17                 Fiftieth                             5
    18                 Fifty-first                          3
    19                 Fifty-second                         4
    20                 Fifty-third                          3
    21                 Fifty-fourth                         1
    22                 Fifty-fifth                          1
    23                 Fifty-sixth                          2
    24                 Fifty-seventh                        2
    25                 Fifty-eighth                         1
    26                 Fifty-ninth                          1
    27                 Sixtieth                             1
    28     * * *
    29     Section 2.  (a)  The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 shall
    30  not be applicable to the selection of judges for the judgeships
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     1  created in the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a).
     2     (b)  The new judgeships added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S.
     3  § 911(a) shall be created on January 2, 2002, and shall be
     4  initially filled by election at the 2001 municipal election.
     5     Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.

















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