Bill Information

An Act amending Titles 12 (Commerce and Trade), 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations) and 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for enforcement of mercantile contracts; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in workers' cooperative corporations, further providing for records; in general provisions, further providing for definitions; in general structure and powers, further providing for unified judicial system; in organization of appellate courts, providing for appellate division of the Commerce Court of Pennsylvania; in jurisdiction of appellate courts, further providing for transfers between intermediate appellate courts, for lien of judgments for money, for direct appeals from courts of common pleas, for allowance of appeals from Superior and Commonwealth courts, for appeals from courts of common pleas, for original jurisdiction, for appeals from courts of common pleas and for direct appeals from government agencies; providing for jurisdiction of appellate division of the Commerce Court; providing for organization and jurisdiction of the Commerce Court of Pennsylvania; in judicial boards and commissions, in selection and retention of judicial officers, providing for selection and retention of judges of the Commerce Court; in budget and finance, providing for salaries of judges of the Commerce Court; establishing the Commerce Court Fund; in preliminary provisions, further providing for right to appellate review, for bases of personal jurisdiction over persons outside this Commonwealth and for appeals generally; and, in arbitration, further providing for scope of subchapter and providing for Commerce Court arbitration.