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PRINTER'S NO. 205
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
222
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, BAKER, BARTOLOTTA, MENSCH, McGARRIGLE
AND KILLION, JANUARY 26, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 26, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in organization and
jurisdiction of courts of common pleas, further providing for
courts of common pleas.
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
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Fifth 43
Sixth 9
Seventh [13] 15
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] 21
Thirty-third 2
Thirty-fourth 1
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Thirty-fifth 4
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
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amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a).
(2) The new judgeships 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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