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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 18-996

THE COURTS

Title 201—RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

[ 201 PA. CODE CHS. 7 AND 19 ]

Amendment of Rules 706 and 1901 of the Rules of Judicial Administration; No. 499 Judicial Administration Doc.

[48 Pa.B. 3847]
[Saturday, June 30, 2018]

Order

Per Curiam

And Now, this 14th day of June, 2018, it is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule 706 and Rule 1901 of the Rules of Judicial Administration are amended in the following form.

 To the extent that notice of proposed rulemaking would otherwise be required by Pa.R.J.A. No. 103, the immediate promulgation of the amendments is found to be in the interests of justice and efficient administration.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and the amendments herein shall be effective immediately.

Annex A

TITLE 201. RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER 7. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES

SUPERVISION AND ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES

Rule 706. Determination or selection of Chief Justice and president and administrative judges.

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 (g) Maintenance of central personnel records. The Administrative Office shall record the determination or selection of the Chief Justice and all president and administrative judges, any term for which they may be selected, and all other pertinent information relating thereto, in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall:

 (1) Notify the judges of a court at least 30 days prior to the expiration of the term of office of the president judge of the fact of such expiration.

 (2) Furnish the Department of State with such information as may be required in order to enable the Governor to duly commission a Chief Justice or president judges in the manner provided by the Constitution of Pennsylvania and this rule.

[(h) Traffic Court of Philadelphia. Subdivisions (a) through (g) of this rule are not applicable to the Traffic Court of Philadelphia.]

CHAPTER 19. MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Rule 1901. Prompt disposition of matters; termination of inactive cases.

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 (b) Primary responsibility for implementation of policy.

 (1) Except as provided by paragraph (3), each court of common pleas is primarily responsible for the implementation of the policy expressed in subdivision (a) of this rule and is directed to make local rules of court for such purposes applicable to the court and to the community court or magisterial district judges [of the peace] of the judicial district.

 (2) The Philadelphia Municipal Court [and the Traffic Court of Philadelphia are each] is directed to make rules of court for such purposes [applicable to their respective courts].

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-996. Filed for public inspection June 29, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]



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