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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 22-1039

THE COURTS

Title 207—JUDICIAL CONDUCT

PART II. CONDUCT STANDARDS

[207 PA. CODE CH. 51]

Amendment of the Preamble to the Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial District Judges; No. 573 Judicial Administration Docket

[52 Pa.B. 3937]
[Saturday, July 16, 2022]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 30th day of June, 2022, pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, It Is Ordered that:

 Section (8) of the Preamble to the Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial District Judges is amended in the attached form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective July 1, 2022.

Additions to the rules are shown in bold and are underlined.

Deletions from the rules are shown in bold and in brackets.

Annex A

TITLE 207. JUDICIAL CONDUCT

PART II. CONDUCT STANDARDS

CHAPTER 51. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT OF MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES

PENNSYLVANIA RULES FOR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT JUDGES

Rules Governing Standards of Conduct of Magisterial District Judges 2014

Preamble

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 (8) The [Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges and the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania are] Pennsylvania Judicial Ethics Advisory Board is designated as the approved [bodies] body to render advisory opinions and general guidance regarding ethical concerns involving magisterial district judges and judicial candidates subject to the Conduct Rules. [Although such opinions are not, per se, binding upon the Judicial Conduct Board, the Court of Judicial Discipline or the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a] Action taken in reliance thereon and pursuant thereto shall be [taken into account] treated as set forth in Rules 103 and 206 of the Pennsylvania Judicial Ethics Advisory Board in determining whether discipline should be recommended or imposed. [It is anticipated that ethical concerns directed to the Ethics Committee of the Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges would be limited to matters more appropriately before that body, e.g., campaigning for election to the court of common pleas or an appellate court.]

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-1039. Filed for public inspection July 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]


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