PRINTER'S NO. 817
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
732
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY SAVAL, STREET, FONTANA, DILLON, KEARNEY,
CAPPELLETTI, COSTA AND KANE, JUNE 2, 2023
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JUNE 2, 2023
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in personnel of the
system, further providing for appointment of personnel; and
making a repeal.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 2301 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding subsections to read:
§ 2301. Appointment of personnel.
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(d) Personnel in certain cases involving real property.--A
court may not appoint a private entity to serve a writ of
possession or alias writ, perform a lockout or in any way
enforce a judgment for possession of real property arising from
an ejectment case or an eviction case.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Ejectment case." An action in ejectment to regain
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possession of real property.
"Eviction case." An action to regain possession of real
property brought under the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20),
known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951.
"Private entity." An individual or a for-profit or nonprofit
company, organization, contractor or similar entity that is not
employed directly by a State, county or local government.
Section 2. Repeals are as follows:
(1) The General Assembly declares that the repeal under
paragraph (2) is necessary to effectuate the addition of 42
Pa.C.S. § 2301(d) and (e).
(2) Section 17 of the act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.586,
No.142), known as the Judiciary Act of 1976, is repealed.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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