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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 00-1033

THE COURTS

SNYDER AND UNION COUNTIES

Adoption of Local Rules; Misc. No. 31-2000

[30 Pa.B. 3029]

Order

   And Now, this 22nd day of March, 2000, effective thirty (30) days after publication of this Order in the Pennsylvania Bulletin the following local rules are adopted:

   1.  Rule 6.1(a) shall be amended to read as follows:

   6.1(a) As provided by Pa.R.C.P. No. 1018.1(c), the following offices are designated as the offices to be named in the Notice to Defend where legal help may be obtained:

For cases filed in Snyder County:

Office of the Court Administrator
Snyder County Courthouse
P. O. Box 217
Middleburg, PA 17842
(570) 837-4359

For cases filed in Union County:

Office of the Court Administrator
Union County Courthouse
103 South Second Street
Lewisburg, PA 17837-1996
(570) 524-8736

   2.  17LR1308.1D is amended to read as follows:

   D.  In the event that a case shall be settled, withdrawn, or otherwise terminated by or between the parties at any time subsequent to the filing of a praecipe requesting the appointment of a Board of Arbitrators but prior to the naming of that board by the Court Administrator pursuant to 17LR1302.1.C., the party filing the praecipe for the appointment of a Board of Arbitrators shall cause notice of settlement, withdrawal, or termination of the action to be served upon the Court Administrator. In the event that a case shall be settled, withdrawn, or otherwise terminated by or between the parties at any time subsequent to the notification to each arbitrator, as provided for in 17LR1302.1.C, but prior to the date scheduled for hearing, the party filing the praecipe for the appointment of a Board of Arbitrators shall be responsible for causing notice of the settlement, withdrawal, or termination to be served upon the Court Administrator and each of the arbitrators. In the event that the notice provided for in the preceding sentence is given in a timely manner, the board members shall not be entitled to any fees pursuant to 17LR1308.1. In the event that the notice is not given in a timely manner, and an arbitrator or the arbitrators appear for the scheduled hearing, the party who moved for appointment of the arbitrators shall be responsible for paying the fees provided for in 17LR1308.1.A. The foregoing notwithstanding, if the case is settled, withdrawn, or otherwise terminated by or between the parties on the date scheduled for the hearing, but prior to the scheduled starting time, the arbitrators shall be entitled to one-half (1/2) of the base fee as set forth in 17LR1308.1.A.

   3.  17LR1308.1B is amended to read as follows:

   B.  Each arbitrator shall be entitled to receive additional compensation at the rate of $25.00 per hour in any case in which the actual time spent in the hearing exceeds three and one-half (3-1/2) hours. In the event the case is continued after the arbitrators have convened, either before or after testimony has begun, the time required of the arbitrators during the first scheduled hearing shall be aggregated with the time required during the second hearing. To the extent that such aggregated time is less than three and one-half (3-1/2) hours, the fee set forth in 17LR1308.1A shall be applicable. To the extent that such aggregated time exceeds three and one-half (3-1/2) hours, the hourly rate set forth herein shall be due for the hours in excess of three and one-half (3-1/2) hours.

   The Court Administrator of the 17th Judicial District of Pennsylvania shall forward ten (10) certified copies of this Order to the Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts for processing in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(c)(2).

By the Court

HAROLD F. WOELFEL, Jr.,   
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1033. Filed for public inspection June 16, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]


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