THE COURTS

Title 255—LOCAL
COURT RULES

BEAVER COUNTY

Local Rules of Criminal Procedure; No. 262 Misc. 2012

[42 Pa.B. 2270]
[Saturday, April 28, 2012]

Administrative Order

 The Amendments to Beaver County L.R. Crim. P. 117 are adopted effective June 1, 2012. The Court Administrator shall:

 (1) file seven certified copies of this Order and the attached Rule with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts;

 (2) distribute two certified copies of this Order and the attached Rule and a computer diskette to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

 (3) file one certified copy of this Order and the attached Rule with the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

 The Clerk of Courts shall keep a copy of the attached proposed Amendments to Local Rule 117 available for public inspection and copying pursuant to Pa. R.Crim.P. 105 (c)(5).

By the Court

JOHN D. MCBRIDE, 
President Judge

Proposed Amendment to L.R. 117 of
Criminal Procedure

L.R. 117. Coverage Magisterial District Judges.

 (1) All Magisterial District Judge Offices shall be open for regular business on Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. prevailing time.

 (2) Magisterial District Judges shall be available 24 hours per day, every day of the calendar year to provide continuous coverage for the issuance of warrants, pursuant to Pa. R.Crim.P. 203; arrest warrants pursuant to Pa. R.Crim.P. 513; requests to accept bail and to issue emergency orders under the Protection from Abuse Act.

 The Magisterial District Judges shall satisfy this rule by remaining on-call during non-regular business hours on a rotating basis pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Court Administrator. The schedule shall be distributed and publicized pursuant to past practice.

 (3) Magisterial District Judges shall be available during non-regular business hours each day at 7:30 A.M., 2:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. for the purpose of providing the services set forth in Pa. R.Crim.P. 117(A)(2)(a), (b), (c) and (d). The availability of each Magisterial District Judge shall be on a rotating basis pursuant to the same schedule proposed pursuant to subdivision (2) and shall be publicized pursuant to past practice.

 (4) Magisterial District Judges shall be available during regular business hours for all other business.

 (5) Each Magisterial District Judge shall be available to preside over preliminary hearings at the Beaver County Courthouse, or such other location that may be established for ''Central Court,'' on a rotating basis pursuant to a schedule prepared by the Court Administrator.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 12-759. Filed for public inspection April 27, 2012, 9:00 a.m.]

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