PRINTER'S NO. 184
No. 176 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY WAGNER, LAVALLE, COSTA AND BOSCOLA,
JANUARY 30, 2001
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 30, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
2 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the
3 Pittsburgh Magistrates Court and the Traffic Court of
4 Pittsburgh.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 1141 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 1141. Pittsburgh Magistrates Court.
10 [The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall be a court not of
11 record and shall consist of such a number of judges, not less
12 than five nor more than eight, as shall be specified by
13 ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh. The magistrates court shall
14 be the police magistrates authorized to be continued in
15 existence by section 21, Schedule to Article V of the
16 Constitution of Pennsylvania adopted April 23, 1968. Judges of
17 the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court shall be deemed district
18 justices for the purposes of Chapter 33 (relating to discipline,
1 removal and retirement of judicial officers).] (a) Abolition of
2 court.--The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court as heretofore provided
3 by this section is hereby abolished.
4 (b) Assignment of matters.--All causes and proceedings
5 pending before any magistrate appointed pursuant to this section
6 shall be transferred, determined and concluded by the district
7 justice having jurisdiction of the cause or proceeding pursuant
8 to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure and all books,
9 dockets and records of any court or office abolished pursuant to
10 this section shall become those of the district justice to
11 which, under this section, jurisdiction of the cause or
12 proceedings concerned has been transferred.
13 Section 2. Sections 1142 and 1143 of Title 42 are repealed.
14 Section 3. Section 1331 of Title 42 is amended to read:
15 § 1331. Traffic Court of Pittsburgh.
16 [The Traffic Court of Pittsburgh shall be a court not of
17 record and shall be held by such of the judges of the Pittsburgh
18 Magistrates Court as shall be assigned thereto by the Mayor of
19 the City of Pittsburgh, one of whom shall be designated by the
20 mayor as the presiding magistrate of the traffic court. The
21 court is established for the City of Pittsburgh.] (a) Abolition
22 of court.--The Pittsburgh Traffic Court as heretofore provided
23 by this section is hereby abolished.
24 (b) Assignment of matters.--All causes and proceedings
25 pending before any magistrate appointed pursuant to this section
26 shall be transferred, determined and concluded by the district
27 justice having jurisdiction of the cause or proceeding pursuant
28 to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure and all books,
29 dockets and records of any court or office abolished pursuant to
30 this section shall become those of the district justice to
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1 which, under this section, jurisdiction of the cause or
2 proceedings concerned has been transferred.
3 Section 4. Section 1332 of Title 42 is repealed.
4 Section 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002, or
5 immediately, whichever is later.
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