PRINTER'S NO. 680
No. 643 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, EARLL, STOUT, WHITE, HOLL, MELLOW AND LEMMOND, MARCH 22, 1999
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, MARCH 22, 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 19990S0643B0680 - 2 -
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 19990S0643B0680 - 3 -
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. C18L42DMS/19990S0643B0680 - 4 -