PRINTER'S NO. 203
No. 180 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LESCOVITZ, CLARK, ROBERTS, BELARDI, DeLUCA,
BOSCOLA, McCALL, TIGUE, LAWLESS, GEIST, BATTISTO, MIHALICH,
LAUGHLIN, ITKIN, SATHER, PRESTON, COLAFELLA AND BELFANTI,
FEBRUARY 4, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 4, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for
3 seat of court and for local chamber facilities.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Sections 504, 543, 563(b) and 3703 of Title 42 of
7 the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 504. Seat of court.
9 (a) Regular sessions.--The regular sessions of the Supreme
10 Court shall be held in [the facility specified in section 3701
11 (relating to Pennsylvania Judicial Center)] Harrisburg and
12 elsewhere as [prescribed by general rule] provided in subsection
13 (b).
14 (b) Other sessions.--Within the limits of available
15 appropriations, special sessions of the court may be held from
16 time to time for the convenience of parties or witnesses, or
17 both, in the interest of justice, in such judicial districts of
1 this Commonwealth if suitable courtroom and related physical
2 facilities are made available without cost to the Commonwealth.
3 § 543. Seat of court.
4 (a) Regular sessions.--The regular sessions of the Superior
5 Court shall be held at the [cities] city of Harrisburg[,
6 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh] and elsewhere as [prescribed by
7 general rule or rule of court] provided in subsection (b).
8 (b) Other sessions.--Within the limits of available
9 appropriations, special sessions of the court may be held from
10 time to time for the convenience of parties or witnesses, or
11 both, in the interest of justice, in such judicial districts of
12 this Commonwealth if suitable courtroom and related physical
13 facilities are made available without cost to the Commonwealth.
14 § 563. Seat of court.
15 * * *
16 (b) Other sessions.--Within the limits of available
17 appropriations, special sessions of the court may be held from
18 time to time for the convenience of parties or witnesses, or
19 both, in the interest of justice, in such judicial districts of
20 this Commonwealth as make available without cost to the
21 Commonwealth suitable courtroom and related physical facilities.
22 [The court shall also sit in the cities of Philadelphia and
23 Pittsburgh.]
24 § 3703. Local chamber facilities.
25 The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts shall
26 furnish for each judge of the appellate courts of this
27 Commonwealth chamber facilities in the county in which such
28 judge resides in conformity with general rules for such judge
29 and [the] one personal [staff] secretary of such judge from
30 funds annually appropriated by the General Assembly.
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1 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997, or in 12
2 months, whichever is sooner.
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