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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 24-3

THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL COURT RULES

CENTRE COUNTY

Local Criminal Rule 117; No: CP-14-MD-690-2006

[54 Pa.B. 12]
[Saturday, January 6, 2024]

Order

 And Now, December 19, 2023, Local Criminal Rule 117, Paragraph (a) is amended to read that After normal business hours, coverage shall be provided by a Magisterial District Judge, assigned on a rotational schedule, who has county-wide jurisdiction and who operates between the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. Monday through Friday. Holidays and weekend coverage shall be provided by an assigned on-call Magisterial District Judge.

 This change in time shall be effective February 5, 2024. In all other respects the Local Rule is reaffirmed in its entirety.

By the Court

JONATHAN D. GRINE, 
President Judge

Local Rule 117. Providing for Judicial Coverage for the Issuance of, and Presiding Over, Necessary Proceedings: Issuing Warrants, Preliminary Arraignments, Summary Trials, and Setting and Accepting Bail.

 a. After normal business hours, coverage shall be provided by a Magisterial District Judge, assigned on a rotational schedule, who has county-wide jurisdiction and who operates between the hours of 4:00 pm to 8:00 am Monday through Friday. Holidays and weekend coverage shall be provided by an assigned on-call Magisterial District Judge.

 1. In the event a Magisterial District Judge is needed for after-hours coverage for the issuance of a search or arrest warrant, a preliminary arraignment, a summary trial, a protection from abuse petition, or any other emergency matter; the ''duty'' Magisterial District Judge will be contacted through the Centre County 911 Center.

 2. The ''duty'' Magisterial District Judge may conduct essential hearings, such as a preliminary arraignment, pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 516 & 519(A)(1), and summary trials, pursuant to Pa.R.Crim.P. 430(A), 431(B)(3), and 441(C), from any approved advanced communication technology site.

 3. (Deleted)

 b. Monetary bond may be posed after normal business hours for Magisterial District Judge Court cases at the Centre County Correctional Facility by certified check or money order. Bail bond agents may continue to post bond at the Centre County Correctional Facility.

 This Rule, as Amended by Order of Court on December 19, 2023, (changing the times in paragraph ''a'' and deleting subparagraph 3) shall be effective February 5, 2024.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-3. Filed for public inspection January 5, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]


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