PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1115 PRINTER'S NO. 1367
No. 963 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY SMITH, LYNCH, MELLOW, LINCOLN, ROMANELLI AND
MURRAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1979
SENATOR O'PAKE, JUDICIARY, AS AMENDED, NOVEMBER 27, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of July 15, 1976 (P.L.1014, No.204), entitled
2 "An act implementing the provisions of Article V of the
3 Constitution of Pennsylvania relating to district justices;
4 establishing magisterial districts; setting salaries and
5 expenses; providing for certain education requirements;
6 fixing jurisdiction; creating an administrator for district
7 justices and imposing powers and duties on such
8 administrator; requiring certain liability insurance; and
9 making repeals," further providing for the compensation of
10 district justices.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 206, act of July 15, 1976 (P.L.1014,
14 No.204), known as the "Magisterial District Reform Act," is
15 amended to read:
16 Section 206. Compensation.--(a) Computation.--A district
17 justice shall receive an annual salary paid by the Commonwealth
18 and computed by adding to [$9,000] $11,500 $13,500 the product <--
19 of the population of his magisterial district times [60¢] 80¢,
20 but in no event shall the salary exceed [$19,500] $22,500 <--
21 $24,500 or be less than [$10,500] $14,500.
1 (b.1) Expenses while temporarily assigned.--Any district
2 justice temporarily assigned to sit outside the political
3 subdivision in which such justice's magisterial district is
4 located shall be paid by the county, in which magisterial
5 district the justice is temporarily assigned to, the actual,
6 accountable expenses, not to exceed $50 per day, and mileage at
7 22¢ 17¢ per mile for each day such justice is so assigned. <--
8 Section 2. Any act or part of an act which is inconsistent
9 with the provisions of this act is repealed to the extent of the
10 inconsistency.
11 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall <--
12 be applied retroactively to July 1, 1979. DECEMBER 1, 1980. <--
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