(b) Residency qualification for appointment to the Supreme
Court, the Superior Court and the Commonwealth Court shall be
established by the General Assembly.
(c) Except as provided under subsection (b) and section
7(b), the number and boundaries of all other judicial districts
shall be established by the General Assembly by law, with the
advice and consent of the Supreme Court.
(6) That section 13 of Article V be amended to read:
ยง 13. [Election] Selection of justices, judges and [justices of
the peace] magisterial district judges; vacancies.
(a) [Justices, judges and justices of the peace] Judges,
other than judges of the Superior Court and Commonwealth Court,
and magisterial district judges shall be elected at the
municipal election next preceding the commencement of their
respective terms of office by the electors of the [Commonwealth
or the] respective districts in which they are to serve.
(b) A vacancy in the office of [justice, judge or justice of
the peace] judge, other than judge of the Superior Court and
Commonwealth Court, or magisterial district judge shall be
filled by appointment by the Governor. The appointment shall be
with the advice and consent of two-thirds of the members elected
to the Senate, except in the case of [justices of the peace]
magisterial district judges which shall be by a majority. The
person so appointed shall serve for a term ending on the first
Monday of January following the next municipal election more
than ten months after the vacancy occurs or for the remainder of
the unexpired term whichever is less.[, except in the case of
persons selected as additional judges to the Superior Court,
where the General Assembly may stagger and fix the length of the
initial terms of such additional judges by reference to any of
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