PRINTER'S NO. 3175
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2342
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY SCOTT, POWELL, FLICK, KHAN, MARCELL, SANCHEZ,
D. MILLER, ABNEY, MERSKI, HARKINS, DALEY, MALAGARI, KAUFER,
DEASY, GREEN, PISCIOTTANO, YOUNG, GERGELY, MUNROE, MARSHALL,
PROBST, STEELE AND BOROWSKI, MAY 28, 2024
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 28, 2024
AN ACT
Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance,
further providing for expenses.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3532 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3532. Expenses.
The Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall
pay the annual registration fee of [$200] $600 to the Special
Court Judges [of Pennsylvania] Association of Pennsylvania for
each magisterial district judge[,] and Philadelphia Municipal
Court Judge [and Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge position]
authorized as of January 31 of each year. Beginning January 1,
2025, the amount of the annual registration fee shall be
increased by the percentage of increase in the Consumer Price
Index for Urban Workers for the immediately preceding calendar
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year which shall be transmitted to the Legislative Reference
Bureau for publication in the next available issue of the
Pennsylvania Bulletin annually by the Supreme Court on or before
the preceding November 30. Payment shall be made on the first
day of a new fiscal year including July 1, 1988. In addition the
Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall pay the
annual cost for the publishing of a monthly journal containing
the update and revision of laws and State Supreme Court rule
changes. Except for the funding of the publication of the
monthly journal which shall be a direct cost of the Office of
the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, all other funding for
the other expenses set forth in this section shall come from the
annual appropriation made to the magisterial district judges.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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