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PRINTER'SS0361B1203A03257 AJB:AAS 12/11/23 #90 A03257 AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO.
287361 THESponsor: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA SENATE BILL Session of No.
361REPRESENTATIVE 2023BRIGGS INTRODUCEDPrinter's BYNo. J.
WARD1203 ANDAmend COMITTA,Bill, FEBRUARYpage 10,2, 2023line REFERRED7, TOby JUDICIARY,inserting FEBRUARYa 10,bracket 2023before AN"10" ACTAmend AmendingBill, Titlepage 422, (Judiciaryline and7, Judicialby Procedure)inserting ofafter the"10" Pennsylvania] Consolidated11 Statutes,Amend inBill, organizationpage and2, jurisdictionline of8, courtsby ofinserting commona pleas,bracket furtherbefore providing"10" forAmend courtsBill, ofpage common2, pleas.line 8, by inserting after "10" ] 11 Amend Bill, page 3, lines 28 through 30;
Thepage General4, Assemblylines of1 thethrough Commonwealth6; of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:
by striking out all of said lines on said pages and inserting Section 1.2.
SectionThe 911(a)following ofapply: Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§(1) 911.Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the provisions of 42 Pa.C.S.
Courts§§ 3132 and 3135 shall apply to the judgeships added by the amendment of common42 pleas.Pa.C.S.
(a)§ General911(a). rule.--There shall be one court of common pleas for each judicial district of this Commonwealth consisting of the following number of judges:
Number(2) ofThe Judicialnew Districtjudgeships Judgesfor Firstthe 93 Second 15 Third 9 Fourth 1 Fifth 43 Sixth 9 Seventh 15 Eighth 3Judicial NinthDistrict, 7 Tenth 11 Eleventh 10Judicial District, Twelfth 10Judicial ThirteenthDistrict, 2 Fourteenth 5 Fifteenth [14] 15 Sixteenth 3 Seventeenth 2 Eighteenth 1 Nineteenth 15 Twentieth [1] 2 Twenty-first 6 Twenty-second 2 Twenty-third 13 Twenty-fourth 5 Twenty-fifth 2 Twenty-sixth [2] 3 Twenty-seventh 7 Twenty-eighth 2 Twenty-ninth 5 Thirtieth 3 Thirty-first 10Judicial Thirty-secondDistrict 21and Thirty-third 2 Thirty-fourth 1 Thirty-fifth 4 20230SB0361PN0287 - 2 - Thirty-sixth 7 Thirty-seventh 2 Thirty-eighth 24 Thirty-ninth 5 Fortieth 3 Forty-first 2 Forty-second 2 Forty-third 7 Forty-fourth 1 Forty-fifth 9 Forty-sixth 2 Forty-seventh 5 Forty-eighth 2 Forty-ninth 4 Fiftieth 6Judicial Fifty-firstDistrict 4added Fifty-secondby 4the Fifty-thirdamendment 4of Fifty-fourth42 1Pa.C.S. Fifty-fifth 1 Fifty-sixth 3 Fifty-seventh 2 Fifty-eighth 2 Fifty-ninth 1 Sixtieth 2 * * * Section 2.
The§ new911(a) judgeshipshall forbe theestablished Twenty-sixthon JudicialJanuary District5, added2026, and shall be initially filled by theelection amendmentat ofthe 422025 Pa.C.S.municipal election.
§(3) 911(a)The shallnew bejudgeships establishedfor onthe JanuaryThirty-eighth 1,Judicial 2026,District andadded shall be initially filled by election at the 2025amendment municipalof election.42 Pa.C.S.
20230SB0361PN0287§ -911(a) 3shall -be Sectionestablished 3.on January 3, 2028, and shall be initially filled by election at the 2027 municipal election.
ThisAmend actBill, shallpage take4, effectline immediately.7, by striking out "3 4" and inserting 3 2023/90AJB/SB0361A03257 - 1 -
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