PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1048 PRINTER'S NO. 1194
No. 861 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, RAFFERTY, PICCOLA, WASHINGTON, WONDERLING, BOSCOLA AND PUNT, MAY 22, 2007
SENATOR GREENLEAF, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, JUNE 19, 2007
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the 3 number of judges in the courts of common pleas. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes, amended November 30, 2004 (P.L.1703, 8 No.217), is amended to read: 9 § 911. Courts of common pleas. 10 (a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas 11 for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of 12 the following number of judges: 13 Number of 14 Judicial District Judges 15 First 93 16 Second 15 17 Third 8 18 Fourth 1
1 Fifth 43
2 Sixth 9
3 Seventh 13
4 Eighth 3
5 Ninth 5
6 Tenth 11
7 Eleventh 10
8 Twelfth [8] 10
9 Thirteenth 2
10 Fourteenth 5
11 Fifteenth 14
12 Sixteenth 3
13 Seventeenth 2
14 Eighteenth 1
15 Nineteenth 14
16 Twentieth 1
17 Twenty-first 6
18 Twenty-second 1
19 Twenty-third 13
20 Twenty-fourth 5
21 Twenty-fifth 2
22 Twenty-sixth 2
23 Twenty-seventh 6
24 Twenty-eighth 2
25 Twenty-ninth 5
26 Thirtieth 3
27 Thirty-first 10
28 Thirty-second 19
29 Thirty-third 2
30 Thirty-fourth 1
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1 Thirty-fifth 4 2 Thirty-sixth 7 3 Thirty-seventh 2 4 Thirty-eighth [21] 23 5 Thirty-ninth [4] 5 <-- 6 Fortieth 3 7 Forty-first 2 8 Forty-second 2 9 Forty-third 6 10 Forty-fourth 1 11 Forty-fifth 8 12 Forty-sixth 2 13 Forty-seventh 5 14 Forty-eighth 2 15 Forty-ninth 4 16 Fiftieth 6 17 Fifty-first [3] 4 18 Fifty-second 4 19 Fifty-third 4 20 Fifty-fourth 1 21 Fifty-fifth 1 22 Fifty-sixth 2 23 Fifty-seventh 2 24 Fifty-eighth 2 25 Fifty-ninth 1 26 Sixtieth 2 27 * * * 28 Section 2. (a) The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 shall 29 not be applicable to the selection of judges for the judgeships 30 created in the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a). 20070S0861B1194 - 3 -
1 (b) The new judgeships added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. <--
2 (B) (1) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPH (2), <--
3 THE NEW JUDGESHIPS ADDED BY THE AMENDMENT OF 42 PA.C.S. §
4 911(a) shall be established on January 4, 2010, and shall be
5 initially filled by election at the 2009 municipal election.
6 (2) THE NEW JUDGESHIP FOR THE THIRTY-NINTH JUDICIAL <--
7 DISTRICT OF THIS COMMONWEALTH ADDED BY THE AMENDMENT OF 42
8 PA.C.S. § 911(A) SHALL BE ESTABLISHED ON JANUARY 2, 2012, AND
9 SHALL BE INITIALLY FILLED BY ELECTION AT THE 2011 MUNICIPAL
10 ELECTION.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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