PRINTER'S NO. 2068
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1365
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, VANCE, BAKER, BARTOLOTTA, McILHINNEY
AND TOMLINSON, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and
jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, increasing the number
of judges in certain judicial districts.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 911(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 911. Courts of common pleas.
(a) General rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas
for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of
the following number of judges:
Judicial District
Number of
Judges
First 93
Second 15
Third 9
Fourth 1
Fifth 43
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Sixth 9
Seventh [13] 14
Eighth 3
Ninth [6] 7
Tenth 11
Eleventh 10
Twelfth 10
Thirteenth 2
Fourteenth 5
Fifteenth 14
Sixteenth 3
Seventeenth 2
Eighteenth 1
Nineteenth 15
Twentieth 1
Twenty-first 6
Twenty-second [1] 2
Twenty-third 13
Twenty-fourth 5
Twenty-fifth 2
Twenty-sixth 2
Twenty-seventh [6] 7
Twenty-eighth 2
Twenty-ninth 5
Thirtieth 3
Thirty-first 10
Thirty-second 20
Thirty-third 2
Thirty-fourth 1
Thirty-fifth 4
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Thirty-sixth 7
Thirty-seventh 2
Thirty-eighth [23] 24
Thirty-ninth 5
Fortieth 3
Forty-first 2
Forty-second 2
Forty-third 6
Forty-fourth 1
Forty-fifth 9
Forty-sixth 2
Forty-seventh 5
Forty-eighth 2
Forty-ninth 4
Fiftieth 6
Fifty-first 4
Fifty-second 4
Fifty-third 4
Fifty-fourth 1
Fifty-fifth 1
Fifty-sixth 3
Fifty-seventh 2
Fifty-eighth 2
Fifty-ninth 1
Sixtieth 2
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Section 2. The following shall apply:
(1) The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 shall not apply
to the selection of judges for the judgeships created by the
amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a).
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(2) The following shall apply:
(i) Except as provided under subparagraph (ii), the
new judgeships added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. §
911(a) shall be established on January 2, 2018, and shall
be initially filled by election at the 2017 municipal
election.
(ii) The new judgeship for the 9th Judicial District
of this Commonwealth added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S.
§ 911(a) shall be established on January 2, 2020, and
shall be initially filled by election at the 2019
municipal election.
Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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