PRINTER'S NO. 852

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 765 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY VROON, KUKOVICH, MAIALE, HERSHEY, LASHINGER,
           REBER, HAGARTY, MORRIS AND McVERRY, APRIL 13, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 13, 1983

                                     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 and
    10     expenses of district justices.

    11     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    12  hereby enacts as follows:
    13     Section 1.  Section 206 of the act of July 15, 1976
    14  (P.L.1014, No.204), known as the Magisterial District Reform
    15  Act, amended May 29, 1980 (P.L.195, No.55), is 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 [$13,500] $14,850 the product of the
    19  population of his magisterial district times [80¢] 88¢, but in
    20  no event shall the salary exceed [$24,500] $26,950 or be less
    21  than [$14,500] $15,950.


     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] $55 per day, and
     7  mileage at 17¢ per mile for each day such justice is so
     8  assigned.
     9     Section 2.  This act shall take effect December 1, 1983.














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