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42 PA Cons Stat § 3302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3302 - Additional restrictions

§ 3302. Additional restrictions. A judge shall not engage in any activity prohibited by this subchapter or any other provision of law and shall not violate any canon of ethics prescribed by general rule. A magisterial district judge shall devote the time necessary for the prompt and proper disposition of the business of that office, which shall be given priority over any other occupation, business, profession, pursuit or activity. A magisterial district judge shall not use or permit the use of the premises established for the disposition of magisterial business for any other occupation, business, profession or gainful pursuit. A magisterial district judge shall not hold any other elected or appointed public office in this Commonwealth. A magisterial district judge and an appointive judicial officer shall be governed by rules or canons prescribed by general rule.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; July 20, 1979, P.L.157, No.52, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3303 - Additional compensation prohibited

§ 3303. Additional compensation prohibited. No judicial officer shall be paid or accept for the performance of any judicial duty or for any service connected with his office, any fee, emolument or perquisite other than the salary and expenses provided or prescribed by law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3304 - Acting as collection agent or paid arbitrator prohibited

 § 3304. Acting as collection agent or paid arbitrator prohibited. (a) Collection agent.--No judge or magisterial district judge shall act as agent for a person in the collection of a claim or judgment for money.  (b) Arbitrator.--No judge or magisterial district judge shall receive any fee or emolument for performing the duties of an arbitrator.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3305 - Automatic removal upon conviction or disbarment

§ 3305. Automatic removal upon conviction or disbarment. A judge or magisterial district judge convicted of misbehavior in office by a court, disbarred as a member of the bar of this Commonwealth or removed under Subchapter C (relating to discipline and removal of judges) shall forfeit automatically his judicial office and thereafter be ineligible for judicial office.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, eff. Aug. 16, 1993; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3306 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3306 - Automatic removal upon nonjudicial candidacy

§ 3306. Automatic removal upon nonjudicial candidacy. A judge who shall file for nomination for or election to any public office other than a judicial office shall forfeit automatically his judicial office.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3307 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3307 - Automatic suspension of judicial officer under impeachment

§ 3307. Automatic suspension of judicial officer under impeachment. No judge or magisterial district judge against whom impeachment proceedings are pending in the Senate shall exercise any of the duties of his office until he shall have been acquitted.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3321 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3321 - Establishment of community courts

 § 3321. Establishment of community courts. (a) General rule.--In a judicial district which establishes a community court, a person serving as a magisterial district judge at such time:  (1) may complete his term exercising the jurisdiction provided or prescribed by law and with the compensation provided by or pursuant to statute; and  (2) upon completion of his term, his office is abolished and no judicial function of the kind theretofore exercised by a magisterial district judge shall thereafter be exercised other than by the community court.  (b) Philadelphia.--If a community court is established in the City and County of Philadelphia:  (1) The judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall become judges of the Community Court of Philadelphia County and their tenure shall not be otherwise affected.  (2) The office of judge of the Traffic Court of Philadelphia is abolished effective upon the establishment of the community court.  (3) No jurisdiction of the kind theretofore exercised exclusively by the municipal and traffic courts shall thereafter be exercised other than by the community court.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (a). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  Traffic Court of Philadelphia. Section 22 of Act 142 of 1976 provided that, in the event of the establishment of a community court in the City and County of Philadelphia prior to the expiration of the current term of office of a judge of the Traffic Court of Philadelphia holding office on the effective date of Act 142, the status of such judge shall be determined under subsection (z) of section 16, Schedule to Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, adopted April 23, 1968, and not by the provisions of section 3321(b).  Cross References. Section 3321 is referred to in sections 1102, 3131 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3322 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3322 - Discontinuance of community courts

 § 3322. Discontinuance of community courts. (a) General rule.--In a judicial district which discontinues a community court, a person serving as a judge of the community court at such time:  (1) may complete his term exercising the jurisdiction provided or prescribed by law and with the compensation provided by or pursuant to statute; and  (2) upon completion of his term, his office is abolished and no judicial function of the kind theretofore exercised by the community court shall thereafter be exercised other than by the court of common pleas and the magisterial district judges of the judicial district.  (b) Philadelphia.--If the Community Court of Philadelphia County is discontinued the judges of that court shall become judges of the Philadelphia Municipal Court and their tenure shall not be otherwise affected.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)   2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (a). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  Cross References. Section 3322 is referred to in sections 1102, 3131 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3331 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3331 - Power of discipline or removal

 § 3331. Power of discipline or removal. (a) Judges.--Any judge may be suspended, removed from office or otherwise disciplined for violation of Subchapter A (relating to standards of conduct), misconduct in office, neglect of duty, failure to perform his duties, or conduct which prejudices the proper administration of justice or brings the judicial office into disrepute and may be retired for disability seriously interfering with the performance of his duties.  (b) Magisterial district judges.--The suspension, removal, discipline and compulsory retirement of magisterial district judges shall be governed by general rule.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, eff. Aug. 16, 1993; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsec. (b). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  1993 Amendment. Act 56 amended subsec. (a).
42 PA Cons Stat § 3332 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3332 - Investigation and hearing

§ 3332. Investigation and hearing. Investigation and hearing shall be governed by section 18 of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.   (July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, eff. Aug. 16, 1993)
42 PA Cons Stat § 3333 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3333 - Recommendation to and action by Supreme Court (Deleted by amendment)

 § 3333. Recommendation to and action by Supreme Court (Deleted by amendment).   1993 Amendment. Section 3333 was deleted by amendment July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, effective August 16, 1993.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3334 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3334 - Proceedings confidential

§ 3334. Proceedings confidential. Confidentiality shall be governed by section 18 of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.   (July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, eff. Aug. 16, 1993)
42 PA Cons Stat § 3351 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3351 - Automatic retirement on age

§ 3351. Automatic retirement on age. Judges and magisterial district judges shall be retired upon attaining the age of 75 years.  (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days; Nov. 24, 2015, P.L.229, No.62)   2015 Amendment. Section 3(2) of Act 62 provided that the amendment shall take effect upon publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin of the notice of adoption of an amendment to section 16(b) of Article V of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which provides for mandatory retirement at 75 years of age. The notice was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on January 28, 2017, at 47 Pa.B. 418. 2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 23 of Act 142 of 1976 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to existing judicial officers.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3352 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 33 - Discipline, Removal and Retirement of Judicial Officers|Section 3352 - Pension rights

§ 3352. Pension rights. (a) General rule.--Former and retired judges and magisterial district judges shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by or pursuant to statute. No salary, retirement benefit or other compensation shall be paid to any judge or magisterial district judge who is suspended or removed from office under section 18 of Article V or under Article VI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania.  (b) Definition.--As used in this section "former" means a judge or magisterial district judge serving by appointment or election who vacates his office upon the expiration of his term or who resigns his office.  (July 2, 1993, P.L.395, No.56, eff. Aug. 16, 1993; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.  Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 408 of Act 5 of 2017 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to restoration of service credit or retirement benefits.  Cross References. Section 3352 is referred to in section 8533 of Title 24 (Education); section 5953 of Title 71 (State Government).
42 PA Cons Stat § 3501 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance|Section 3501 - Definitions

§ 3501. Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this part which are applicable to specific provisions of this part, the following words and phrases when used in this part shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:  "Appropriated through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision." An appropriation through the budget of the Judicial Department direct from the General Fund to the treasury of a political subdivision under circumstances where the manner of the expenditure of the appropriation is within the control of officers of the political subdivision.  "Appropriated to the unified judicial system." An appropriation to the Judicial Department other than one appropriated through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision.  "Budget respondent." The courts, magisterial district judges, other agencies or units of the unified judicial system, the Director of Finance of the City of Philadelphia, the county controllers or county auditors of other counties of this Commonwealth, the Treasurer of the City of Pittsburgh, and any other government unit from which the Administrative Office is authorized to obtain information relating to the budget of the Judicial Department.  "Judicial and related functions." All functions relating to the organization and operation of courts and magisterial district judges and all offices of system and related personnel. The term does not include any function relating to the detection of crime, the apprehension of persons suspected of criminal conduct (except in connection with the enforcement of bench warrants, injunctions or other judicial orders in specific matters), the maintenance of public peace or other police functions or penal and correctional functions.  (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days; Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)    2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended the defs. of "budget respondent" and "judicial and related functions." See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3502 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance|Section 3502 - Financial regulations

§ 3502. Financial regulations. (a) General rule.--The governing authority may promulgate regulations relating to forms and accounting methods to be utilized in connection with funds appropriated to the unified judicial system and all fees, costs, grants, moneys paid into court and all other unappropriated funds handled by system and related personnel other than county staff, defining for such accounting purposes terms not otherwise defined in this title, specifying the time and manner of making remittances and disbursements of moneys by system and related personnel other than county staff, and fixing bonding requirements of system and related personnel other than county staff.  (b) County staff.--The Department of Community Affairs, with the approval of the governing authority, may promulgate regulations relating to forms and accounting methods to be utilized in connection with the judicial and related accounts to be maintained pursuant to this part, designating the county staff who shall establish and maintain the judicial and related account of the political subdivision, defining for accounting purposes terms not otherwise defined, used in this part in connection with judicial and related accounts, specifying the time and manner of making remittances and disbursements of moneys under this part by county staff and fixing bonding requirements of county staff handling moneys which are subject to this part. As used in this subsection the term "county staff" includes personnel, except judicial officers, of the City of Pittsburgh.  (c) Payment through financial intermediary.--Regulations prescribed or promulgated pursuant to this section may:  (1) Authorize payment of fines, costs, fees and other remittances through or by a credit card issuer or other financial intermediary.  (2) Authorize the Administrative Office to enter into contracts with credit card issuers and other financial intermediaries relating to the collection, transmission and payment of such remittances.  (3) Adjust the level of fines, costs, fees and other remittances as otherwise fixed by law so as to facilitate the transmission of remittances through or by a financial intermediary pursuant to such regulations without net cost to any government unit.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)   1978 Amendment. Act 53 amended subsec. (b) and added subsec. (c).  References in Text. The Department of Community Affairs, referred to in subsec. (b), was abolished by Act 58 of 1996 and its functions were transferred to the Department of Community and Economic Development.  Cross References. Section 3502 is referred to in section 3503 of this title; section 930 of Title 30 (Fish); section 931 of Title 34 (Game).
42 PA Cons Stat § 3503 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance|Section 3503 - Penalties

§ 3503. Penalties. Any person who fails to remit any fines, penalties, forfeitures, fees, cash or other moneys received by him within the time and in the manner specified by regulations promulgated pursuant to section 3502 (relating to financial regulations) or any person who willfully violates any such regulations commits a misdemeanor of the third degree.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3521 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance|Section 3521 - Development of budget information

§ 3521. Development of budget information. (a) General rule.--The Administrative Office shall annually obtain and prepare information for the preparation of a budget for the Judicial Department within such time as to comply with the requirements of section 610 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of 1929." The Administrative Office shall distribute to each budget respondent the proper blanks necessary for the preparation of the budget estimates, with a request that such blanks be returned with the information desired, not later than a date specified by the Administrative Office. Such blanks shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Administrative Office to procure, as to functions to be funded in whole or in part through appropriations through the budget of the Judicial Department, any or all information pertaining to the purposes of all programs to be funded in the budget, the revenues, expenditures, program activities and accomplishments for the preceding fiscal year, for the current fiscal year and for the budget year and for four succeeding years, the appropriations made for the preceding fiscal year, the expenditures therefrom, encumbrances thereon, the amount unencumbered and unexpended, an itemized estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the current fiscal year, for the budget year and succeeding years, and an estimate of the revenues and amounts needed and program activity and accomplishment levels for such functions. Such blanks shall also request the budget respondent to accompany them with a statement in writing, giving the facts, and an explanation of the methods and reasons for arriving at the estimates of receipts and expenditures for the budget year and for four succeeding years.  (b) Duty to respond.--It shall be the duty of each budget respondent to comply, not later than the date specified by the Administrative Office, with any and all requests made by the Administrative Office in connection with the budget.  (c) Additional information.--The Administrative Office may, under the direction of the governing authority, make further inquiries and investigations as to the financial needs, expenditures, estimates, or revenues, of any recipient of funds appropriated to the unified judicial system or through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision, including such information relating to judicial and related functions as the Administrative Office may specify.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)    1980 Amendment. Act 142 amended subsec. (a).  Cross References. Section 3521 is referred to in sections 3522, 3523 of this title.
42 PA Cons Stat § 3522 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 35 - Budget and Finance|Section 3522 - Preparation of tentative budget request

 § 3522. Preparation of tentative budget request. (a) General rule.--The Administrative Office shall collate and examine all information received pursuant to section 3521(a) (relating to development of budget information), shall consult with the governing authority and the Office of the Budget, and shall prepare and submit to the governing authority for review and approval a tentative budget request for the Judicial Department covering all funds appropriated to the unified judicial system or through the budget of the Judicial Department to a political subdivision.  (b) Revision of information.--The tentative budget request submitted by the Administrative Office may increase or decrease any amount submitted pursuant to section 3521(a). In such case the amount of such increase or decrease and the reasons therefor shall be specified in detail in a written report of the Administrative Office which shall be presented to the governing authority with the tentative budget and which shall be furnished to each affected budget respondent.   (Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days)   1980 Amendment. Act 142 amended subsec. (a).  Cross References. Section 3522 is referred to in sections 1727, 3523 of this title.