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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 98-525

THE COURTS

PART IV.  COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE

[207 PA. CODE CH. 3]

Amendment to the Rules of Procedure; Doc. No. 1 JD 94

[28 Pa.B. 1632]

Per Curiam:

Order

   And Now, this 23rd day of March, 1998, the Court, pursuant to Article 5, Section 18(b)(4) of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, having adopted a proposed amendment to Rule of Procedure No. 303(B), as more specifically hereinafter set forth, It Is Hereby Ordered:

   That Court Administrator Wanda W. Sweigart provide for the publication of the Amendment in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, and

   That interested parties shall submit suggestions, comments, or objections no later than thirty days from the publication of this Order in that Bulletin.

Annex A

TITLE 207.  JUDICIAL CONDUCT

PART IV.  COURT OF JUDICIAL DISCIPLINE

ARTICLE II.  PROCEEDINGS BASED ON THE FILING OF FORMAL CHARGES

CHAPTER 3.  INITIATION OF FORMAL CHARGES

Rule 303.  Board Complaints; Amendment and Consolidation.

   (A)  Amendments. Upon motion of the Board, the Conference Judge may, in his or her discretion, permit substantive amendments to a Board Complaint with the written consent of the Judicial Officer or after a hearing on the motion in open court.

   (B)  Consolidation.

   (1)  The Conference Judge may, for purposes of trial, upon his or her own motion, after notice to the Board and the Judicial Officer, or [Upon]upon motion of the Board or the Judicial Officer, [the Conference Judge may, for purposes of the trial,] consolidate some or all of the charges against [a] an individual Judicial Officer contained in separate Board Complaints filed pursuant to Rule 301(A).

   (2)  The Conference Judge may, on his or her own motion, and after notice to the [Judicial Officer] Board and the [Board] Judicial Officer, consolidate two or more Board Complaints against an individual Judicial Officer for purposes of imposing sanctions pursuant to Rule 504.

   (3)  In matters pending before the Court which involve a common question of law or fact or which arise from the same transaction or occurrence, a Conference Judge may, for any purpose, upon his or her own motion, after notice to the Board and the Judicial Officers, or upon motion of the Board or a Judicial Officer, order the matters consolidated, and may make orders which avoid unnecessary costs or delay.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-525. Filed for public inspection April 3, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]


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