HB 1449 — An Act amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance, further providing for expenses.

PRINTER'S NO.   1694

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 1449
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY SCOTT, DELOZIER, POWELL, FLICK, HILL-EVANS, KHAN,
        DALEY, BRENNAN, MALAGARI, BOROWSKI, GUENST, PROBST, KRUPA,
        SANCHEZ, ABNEY, HOGAN, STAATS, KAIL, T. DAVIS, TOMLINSON,
        MUNROE, KULIK, D. WILLIAMS AND FLEMING, MAY 13, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MAY 13, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure) of the
 2      Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in budget and finance,
 3      further providing for expenses.
 4      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5   hereby enacts as follows:
 6      Section 1.    Section 3532 of Title 42 of the Pennsylvania
 7   Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
 8   § 3532.   Expenses.
 9      The Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania shall
10   pay the annual registration fee of [$200] $400 to the Special
11   Court Judges [of Pennsylvania] Association of Pennsylvania for
12   each magisterial district judge[,] and Philadelphia Municipal
13   Court Judge [and Philadelphia Traffic Court Judge] position
14   authorized as of January 31 of each year. Payment shall be made
15   on the first day of a new fiscal year including July 1, 1988. In
16   addition the Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania
17   shall pay the annual cost for the publishing of a monthly
1   journal containing the update and revision of laws and State
2   Supreme Court rule changes. Except for the funding of the
3   publication of the monthly journal which shall be a direct cost
4   of the Office of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, all
5   other funding for the other expenses set forth in this section
6   shall come from the annual appropriation made to the magisterial
7   district judges.
8      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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