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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 05-2165

THE COURTS

Title 255--LOCAL
COURT RULES

SOMERSET COUNTY

Consolidated Rules of Court; No. 93 Misc. 2005

[35 Pa.B. 6431]

Adopting Order

   Now, this 7th day of November, 2005, it is hereby Ordered:

   1.  Somerset County Rule of Criminal Procedure 117 (Som.R.Crim.P. 117) Continuous Coverage For Issuance Of Warrants, Preliminary Arraignments, Summary Trials, And Setting And Accepting Bail, copy of which follows, is hereby adopted as a Rule of this Court, effective thirty (30) days after publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin:

   2.  The Somerset County Court Administrator is directed to:

   A.  File seven (7) certified copies of this Order and the following Rule with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

   B.  Distribute two (2) certified copies of this Order and the following Rule to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.

   C.  File one (1) certified copy of this Order and the following Rule with the Pennsylvania Criminal Procedural Rules Committee.

   D.  File proof of compliance with this Order in the docket for these Rules, which shall include a copy of each transmittal letter.

By the Court

EUGENE E. FIKE, II,   
President Judge

RULES OF COURT

Continuous Coverage By Magisterial District Judges.

Som.R.Crim.P. 117.  Continuous Coverage for Issuance of Warrants, Preliminary Arraignments, Summary Trials, and Setting and Accepting Bail.

   A.  Continuous coverage for issuance of warrants, holding of preliminary arraignments and summary trials, and setting and accepting bail shall be by traditional on-call system as presently established. The President Judge shall establish the schedule of assignment of Magisterial District Judges to on-call duty.

   B.  Magisterial District Judges, the Clerk of Courts and Warden of the Somerset County Jail shall be authorized to accept bail in accordance with the provisions, and subject to the limitations, of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 05-2165. Filed for public inspection November 23, 2005, 9:00 a.m.]


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