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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 16-690

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL
COURT RULES

ARMSTRONG COUNTY

Adoption of New Local Rules of Court—2002; No. CP-03-AD-0000189-2002

[46 Pa.B. 2034]
[Saturday, April 23, 2016]

Order of Court

 And Now, this 4th day of April, 2016, it is hereby Ordered as follows:

 1. Local Rule of Criminal Procedure Numbered 117 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Rule 117. Magisterial District Judges. Coverage. Admission to Bail by Jail Warden or Designee.

 (a) All Magisterial District Judge Offices shall be open for regular business from 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., prevailing time, Monday through Friday, except for County holidays.

 (b) Magisterial District Judges shall be available twenty-four hours per day every day to provide continuous coverage for the services recited in Pa.R.Cr.P. 117(A) and for services required in any Protection from Abuse Act case. A Magisterial District Judge shall be deemed to have satisfied this directive by remaining on-call during non-regular business hours on a rotating basis pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Court. The schedule, and any amendments or alterations thereof, shall be distributed and publicized in accord with past practice.

 (b.1) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (b), above, to the contrary, the on-call magisterial district judge may preliminarily arraign, using advanced communication technology, any arrestee who has been transported to and lodged in the Armstrong County Jail (as permitted by 61 P.S. § 798) in any ten-hour cycle commencing at 9:00 p.m. and ending at 7:00 a.m. prevailing time. Such on-call magisterial district judge shall make inquiry of jail personnel prior to 7:00 a.m. to determine if any preliminary arraignment need be conducted, and if so, shall forthwith conduct the same.

 (c) On forms prescribed by the Court, a Magisterial District Judge may request additions or amendments to the schedule prepared by the Court in order to provide for vacations, emergencies, and the like.

 (d) In addition to those persons who are authorized by statute or the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure to admit an arrestee to bail, the Warden of the Armstrong County Jail, or the designee of the Warden, shall have the authority to do the same in accordance with and subject to the limitations of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.

 2. The Court Administrator shall take all steps required by Pa.R.Crim.P. 105 for the publication, distribution and dissemination of the amendments and supplements provided for herein.

 3. This Order shall become effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin and on the Unified Judicial System's web site.

By the Court

KENNETH G. VALASEK, 
President Judge

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 16-690. Filed for public inspection April 22, 2016, 9:00 a.m.]


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