PRINTER'S NO. 609
No. 566 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WOGAN, RIEGER, KENNEY, CRUZ, CALTAGIRONE, CIVERA, CORRIGAN, FORCIER, LEDERER, TULLI AND WOJNAROSKI, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 7, 2001
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the 2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for 3 tenure of judicial officers. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 3152(a) of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 3152. Tenure of judicial officers. 9 (a) Judges and district justices.--The regular term of 10 office of judges and district justices shall be as follows: 11 (1) Judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court [and 12 the]--Ten years. 13 (2) Judges of the Philadelphia Traffic Court of 14 Philadelphia--Six years. 15 [(2)] (3) Judges of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court-- 16 Four years. 17 [(3)] (4) All other judges--Ten years. 18 [(4)] (5) District justices--Six years.
1 * * * 2 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. A3L42BIL/20010H0566B0609 - 2 -