THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY KILLION, BARRAR, CALTAGIRONE, DENLINGER, FLECK, GEIST, GINGRICH, MICOZZIE, PYLE AND REICHLEY, JANUARY 31, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JANUARY 31, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in discipline, removal

and retirement of judicial officers, further prohibiting

magisterial district judges serving as arbitrators.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 3304 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 3304.  Acting as collection agent or paid arbitrator

prohibited.

(a)  Collection agent.--No judge or magisterial district

judge shall act as agent for a person in the collection of a

claim or judgment for money.

(b)  Arbitrator.--[No] Except as provided in subsection (c),

no judge or magisterial district judge shall receive any fee or

emolument for performing the duties of an arbitrator.

(c)  Arbitrator exception.--Except as may otherwise be

provided by general rule, the prohibition contained in

subsection (b) shall not apply to a magisterial district judge

serving as an arbitrator of any matter that cannot be properly

commenced in the magisterial district judge's magisterial

district.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.