THE COURTS
Title 201—RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
[ 201 PA. CODE CH. 7 ]
Order Adopting Rule of Judicial Administration 701(C)(7); No. 534 Judicial Administration Doc.
[50 Pa.B. 2012]
[Saturday, April 11, 2020]
Order Per Curiam
And Now, this 1st day of April, 2020, It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, that Rule 701(C) of the Rules of Judicial Administration is hereby amended to add Rule 701(C)(7) as set forth in the attachment hereto.
This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective immediately.
Annex A
TITLE 201. RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 7. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES
ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF JUDGES Rule 701. Assignment of Judges to Courts.
* * * * * (C) Request for the Assignment of Additional Magisterial District Judges or Judges.
(1) Request for Assignment. Whenever a president judge deems additional judicial assistance necessary for the prompt and proper disposition of court business, he or his proxy shall transmit a formal request for judicial assistance to the Administrative Office. The request may be made in writing or it may be transmitted electronically. An electronic request for judicial assistance shall be accomplished through a secure program developed by the Administrative Office for this purpose.
(2) Recommendation by the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania and Action by Chief Justice. Upon the recommendation of the Court Administrator, the Chief Justice may, by order, assign any retired, former, or active magisterial district judge, judge or justice to temporary judicial service on any court to fulfill a request by a president judge, or to reduce case inventories, or to serve the interest of justice. The order entered by the Chief Justice may be electronically transmitted to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts for processing. Orders entered pursuant to this chapter may be transmitted by the Administrative Office to the Supreme Court prothonotary in hard copy or electronically. Electronically transmitted orders shall be docketed by the Supreme Court prothonotary in the same manner as hard copy orders. Electronically transmitted orders need not be printed by the Supreme Court prothonotary unless a request for public review is made.
(3) Duration of Assignment. Unless otherwise provided in the order of assignment, the order shall continue in effect after its stated expiration date until unfinished business pending before the assigned judge is completed.
(4) Certification of Service. The president judge of a district to which a magisterial district judge or judge has been temporarily assigned under this rule shall certify to the Administrative Office, on a certificate completed and signed by the assigned magisterial district judge or judge, the number of days of temporary judicial service and the amount of any compensation to which the assigned judge is entitled.
(5) Expenses of Assigned Judges. All judges assigned to duties outside of their judicial districts may, in addition to any per diem payment authorized by law, be reimbursed with the approval of the Court Administrator for necessary expenses, including hotel accommodations and meals, incident to such duties.
(6) Restrictions on Temporary Assignments. No judge shall be assigned under this rule to any court while any judge thereof is assigned to another court under this rule, except when required to take the place of a judge who is recused or disqualified, or is otherwise unavailable, or under other appropriate circumstances.
(7) [(Reserved).] Temporary Judicial Assignments to the Supreme Court. Requests for temporary judicial assistance to the Supreme Court shall be governed by Section 13 of the Supreme Court's Internal Operating Procedures, as amended from time to time.
Official Note: The subject matter of former paragraph (7) (relating to ceremonial functions) is now governed by 23 Pa.C.S. § 1503(a)(2) (relating to persons qualified to solemnize marriages) (as amended by the Act of July 14, 2009 (P.L. 81, No. 18)) and 42 Pa.C.S. § 327 (relating to oaths and acknowledgments) (as amended by the Act of June 30, 2012 (P.L. 666, No. 79)).
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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-507. Filed for public inspection April 10, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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