PRINTER'S NO. 1264
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1094
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, APRIL 8, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, APRIL 8, 2019
AN ACT
Making appropriations from the General Fund to the Judicial
Department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and
for the payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the
close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Section 101. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Appropriation
Act of 2019 – Judicial Department.
PART III
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 2019-2020
SUBPART A
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 301. Appropriations from General Fund.
The following amounts, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, are hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
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Judicial Department for the purposes specified in this part for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and for the payment of
bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2020.
SUBPART B
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
Section 341. Supreme Court.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the Supreme
Court:
Federal State
For the Supreme Court:
including the salaries of the
Supreme Court justices, for the
office of prothonotary and for
the library in the Eastern
District and Western District,
for the office of prothonotary in
the Middle District, for criers,
tipstaves, official
stenographers, court officers and
the law secretary of the Chief
Justice in Eastern, Middle and
Western Districts, home office
expenses and workers'
compensation insurance premiums
for all Supreme Court employees
not funded by other
appropriations, for the office of
State reporters, including the
salaries and compensation of
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employees, including the fees for
prothonotaries of the Supreme
Court of the Eastern, Middle and
Western Districts on assignment
to judges to counties other than
their own, and further including
assessments for the National
Center of State Courts.
State appropriation....... 17,150,000
For vouchered expenses for
justices.
State appropriation....... 118,000
For judicial center
operations.
State appropriation....... 814,000
For the judicial council for
the unified judicial system.
State appropriation....... 141,000
For district court
administrators for the unified
judicial system.
State appropriation....... 19,657,000
For the Interbranch
Commission.
State appropriation....... 350,000
For court management education
for the unified judicial system.
State appropriation....... 73,000
For Rules Committees.
State appropriation....... 1,595,000
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For the Court Administrator,
including the expenses of the
Judicial Council of Pennsylvania
and the District Justice
Administrator.
State appropriation....... 11,577,000
The following Federal amounts
are appropriated to supplement
the sum appropriated for the
Court Administrator:
(1) "Court Improvement
Project."
Federal appropriation..... 1,130,000
(2) "Adult Drug Court Outcome
Evaluation."
Federal appropriation..... 225,000
(3) "Language Access Grant."
Federal appropriation..... 50,000
For the Integrated Criminal
Justice System.
State appropriation....... 2,372,000
For the unified judicial
system security program.
State appropriation....... 2,002,000
For the Office of Elder
Justice in the Courts.
State appropriation....... 496,000
Section 342. Superior Court.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the Superior
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Court: Federal State
For the salaries and expenses
of the Superior Court: including
the salary of the Superior Court
judges, for panelization of
judges program, for criers,
tipstaves, official
stenographers, home office
expenses, court officers and law
secretary of the president judge
and workers' compensation
insurance premiums for all
employees of the Superior Court,
for the prothonotary's office in
the Philadelphia District,
including salaries and
compensation for employees,
including the expenses of
dockets, stationery, supplies,
books for the library and other
costs of the Superior Court and
its offices.
State appropriation....... 32,377,000
For vouchered expenses for
active judges.
State appropriation....... 183,000
Section 343. Commonwealth Court.
The following amounts are
appropriated to Commonwealth
Court: Federal State
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For the salaries of judges,
for the salaries and expenses of
employees and for home office
expenses.
State appropriation....... 21,192,000
For vouchered expenses for
active judges.
State appropriation....... 132,000
Section 344. Courts of common pleas.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the courts of
common pleas: Federal State
For the courts of common pleas:
including the salaries and
expenses of judges, including the
expenses of traveling judges,
including the mileage in divided
judicial districts, and the
payment of a per diem salary,
mileage and miscellaneous expenses
to active visiting judges for the
performance of their official
duties.
State appropriation....... 117,739,000
For senior judges of the courts
of common pleas.
State appropriation....... 4,004,000
For common pleas judicial
education.
State appropriation....... 1,247,000
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For the Ethics Committee.
State appropriation....... 62,000
For problem solving courts.
State appropriation....... 1,103,000
Section 345. Community courts - magisterial district judges.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the community
courts and magisterial district
judges: Federal State
For the salaries and expenses
of community court judges and
magisterial district judges.
State appropriation....... 82,802,000
For magisterial district
judges' education.
State appropriation....... 744,000
Section 346. (Reserved).
Section 347. Philadelphia Municipal Court.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the Philadelphia
Municipal Court: Federal State
For the salaries and expenses
of judges and hearing officers,
including the traffic division.
State appropriation....... 7,794,000
Section 348. Judicial Conduct Board.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the Judicial
Conduct Board: Federal State
For salaries and expenses of
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the Judicial Conduct Board.
State appropriation....... 2,182,000
Section 349. Court of Judicial Discipline.
The following amounts are
appropriated to the Court of
Judicial Discipline: Federal State
For salaries and expenses of
the Court of Judicial Discipline.
State appropriation....... 468,000
Section 350. Juror cost reimbursement.
The following amounts are
appropriated for juror cost
reimbursement: Federal State
For juror cost reimbursement.
State appropriation....... 1,118,000
Section 351. County court reimbursement.
The following amounts are
appropriated for court costs: Federal State
For payment to counties as
reimbursement for costs incurred
by counties in the administration
and operation of courts of common
pleas during calendar year 2017.
State appropriation....... 23,136,000
For senior judge operational
support grants.
State appropriation....... 1,375,000
For payment to counties as
reimbursement for costs incurred
by counties for court interpreter
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services.
State appropriation....... 1,500,000
PART V
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 501. (Reserved).
Section 502. Effective date.
This act shall take effect July 1, 2019, or immediately,
whichever is later.
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