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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 22-551

THE COURTS

Title 207—JUDICIAL CONDUCT

PART V. JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD

[207 PA. CODE CH. 1]

Order Amending Rule 104 of the Pennsylvania Rules of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Board; No. 570 Judicial Administration Docket

[52 Pa.B. 2208]
[Saturday, April 16, 2022]

Order

Per Curiam

 And Now, this 31st day of March, 2022, pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, It Is Ordered that:

 Rule 104 of the Pennsylvania Rules of the Judicial Ethics Advisory Board is amended in the attached form.

 This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(b) and shall be effective immediately.

 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 V. JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD

CHAPTER 1. RULES OF THE JUDICIAL ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD

Subchapter A. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Rule 104. Pennsylvania Judicial Ethics Advisory Board.

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 (b) Submissions from Representative Courts and Judicial Organizations. The President Judges of the Superior and Commonwealth Courts shall submit to the Chief Justice the names of three candidates for each Board position to be filled by a judge of their respective courts. The PCSTJ shall submit to the Chief Justice the names of three candidates for each Board position to be filled by a judge of a common pleas court or a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court. The SCJAP shall submit to the Chief Justice the names of three candidates for each Board position to be filled by a magisterial district judge. The Supreme Court shall select appointees for those positions from the names submitted. In the absence of submissions, the Supreme Court shall proceed to fill the Board positions.

 (c) Terms and Vacancies. The first nine appointments to the Board shall be for staggered terms as follows: three members appointed for [nine] six years, three members for [six] four years, and three members for [three] two years. Thereafter, a new appointment to the Board shall be for a single [nine] six-year term. A vacancy shall be filled from the same membership category[, or in the case of a representative judicial organization,] using the same process[,] from which the vacating member was appointed. Appointments to fill a vacancy shall be for the balance of the term vacated.

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[Pa.B. Doc. No. 22-551. Filed for public inspection April 15, 2022, 9:00 a.m.]


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