PRIOR PASSAGE - NONE
PRINTER'S NO. 742
No. 696 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, EARLL, BOSCOLA, RAFFERTY, WASHINGTON
AND FERLO, MARCH 26, 2007
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 26, 2007
A JOINT RESOLUTION
1 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, requiring an individual to pass a
3 certification examination before filing a nomination petition
4 to become a justice of the traffic court in the City of
5 Philadelphia and district justice.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby resolves as follows:
8 Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
9 Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
10 That section 12(b) of Article V be amended to read:
11 § 12. Qualifications of justices, judges and justices of the
12 peace.
13 * * *
14 (b) Judges of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia
15 and justices of the peace shall be members of the bar of the
16 Supreme Court or shall complete a course of training and
17 instruction in the duties of their respective offices and pass
18 an examination prior to [assuming office] being nominated to
1 fill vacancies pursuant to section 13(b) or to filing a
2 nomination petition for their respective offices. Such courses
3 and examinations shall be as provided by law.
4 Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General
5 Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the
6 Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to
7 comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article
8 XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the
9 required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in
10 which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after
11 passage of this proposed constitutional amendment.
12 (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this
13 proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the
14 Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the
15 advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the
16 Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required
17 advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such
18 newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of
19 this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the
20 Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendment
21 under section 1 to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth
22 at the first primary, general or municipal election occurring at
23 least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment
24 is passed by the General Assembly.
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