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18 PA Cons Stat § 9537 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9537 - Reports by independent counsel

§ 9537. Reports by independent counsel. (a) Required reports.--An independent counsel shall:  (1) File with the panel, with respect to the six-month period beginning on the date of appointment and with respect to each six-month period thereafter until the office of that independent counsel terminates, a report which identifies and details all actual expenses, summarizes all other expenses incurred by that office during the six-month period with respect to which the report is filed and estimates future expenses of that office.  (2) Before the termination of the independent counsel's office under section 9543(b) (relating to removal of independent counsel and termination of office), file a final report with the panel, setting forth fully and completely a description of all prosecutions. All other information shall be confidential and not subject to public disclosure.  (a.1) Subject to requirements.--Individuals serving as an independent counsel and persons employed by or serving an independent counsel shall be subject to the requirements of the following acts:  (1) The act of July 19, 1957 (P.L.1017, No.451), known as the State Adverse Interest Act. (2) The provisions of 65 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to ethics standards and financial disclosure). (b) Disclosure of information in reports.--The panel may release to the General Assembly, the Governor, the State Treasurer, the public or any appropriate person the portions of a report made under this section as the panel considers appropriate. The panel shall make any orders as are appropriate to protect the rights of any individual named in the report and to prevent undue interference with any pending prosecution. The panel may make any portion of a final report filed under subsection (a)(2) available to any individual named in the report for the purposes of receiving within a time limit set by the panel any comments or factual information that the individual may submit. The comments and factual information, in whole or in part, may in the discretion of the panel be included as an appendix to the final report.    Cross References. Section 9537 is referred to in sections 9542, 9543 of this title.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9538 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9538 - Independence from Office of Attorney General

§ 9538. Independence from Office of Attorney General. Each independent counsel appointed under this chapter and the persons appointed by that independent counsel under section 9533 (relating to additional personnel) are separate from and independent of the Office of Attorney General.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9539 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9539 - Standards of conduct

§ 9539. Standards of conduct. (a) Restrictions on employment while independent counsel and appointees are serving.--During the period in which an independent counsel is serving under this chapter, the independent counsel and any person associated with a firm with which the independent counsel is associated may not represent in any matter any person involved in any investigation or prosecution under this chapter. During the period in which any person appointed by an independent counsel under section 9533 (relating to additional personnel) is serving in the office of independent counsel, the person may not represent in any matter any person involved in any investigation or prosecution under this chapter.  (b) Postemployment restrictions on independent counsel and appointees.-- (1) Each independent counsel and each person appointed by that independent counsel under section 9533 may not for three years following the termination of service under this chapter of that independent counsel or appointed person, as the case may be, represent any person in any matter if that individual was the subject of an investigation or prosecution conducted by that independent counsel under this chapter.  (2) Each independent counsel and each person appointed by that independent counsel under section 9533 may not for one year following the termination of service under this chapter of that independent counsel or appointed person, as the case may be, represent any person in any matter involving any investigation or prosecution under this chapter.  (c) One-year ban on representation by members of firms of independent counsel.--Any person who is associated with a firm with which an independent counsel is associated or becomes associated after termination of service of that independent counsel under this chapter may not for one year following the termination represent any person in any matter involving any investigation or prosecution under this chapter.  (d) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection:  "Associated with a firm." A person who is an officer, director, partner or other member or employee of a law firm.  "Firm." A law firm, whether organized as a partnership or corporation.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9540 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9540 - Custody of records of independent counsel

§ 9540. Custody of records of independent counsel. (a) Transfer of records.--Upon termination of the office of independent counsel, that independent counsel shall transfer to the Bureau of the Pennsylvania State Archives of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission all records which have been created or received by that office. Before this transfer, the independent counsel shall clearly identify which of these records are subject to the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure as grand jury materials.  (b) Maintenance, use and disposal of records.--Records transferred to the Bureau of the Pennsylvania State Archives under this section shall be maintained, used and disposed of as provided by law.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9541 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9541 - Cost controls and administrative support

§ 9541. Cost controls and administrative support. (a) Cost controls.--An independent counsel shall:  (1) Conduct all activities with due regard for expense. (2) Authorize only reasonable and lawful expenditures. (3) Promptly upon taking office assign to a specific employee the duty of certifying that expenditures of the independent counsel are reasonable and made in accordance with law.  (b) Office of Administration policies.--An independent counsel shall comply with the established policies of the Office of Administration of the Governor respecting expenditures of funds, except to the extent that compliance would be inconsistent with the purposes of this chapter.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9542 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9542 - Legislative oversight

§ 9542. Legislative oversight. (a) Oversight of conduct of independent counsel.--An independent counsel appointed under this chapter shall submit to the General Assembly a report detailing all funds expended as required under section 9537(a)(1) (relating to reports by independent counsel) and shall submit annually a report on the activities of the independent counsel, including a description of the progress of any investigation or prosecution conducted by the independent counsel. The report may omit any matter that in the judgment of the independent counsel should be kept confidential but shall provide information adequate to justify the expenditures that the office of the independent counsel has made.  (b) Information relating to impeachment.--An independent counsel shall advise the House of Representatives of any substantial and credible information which the independent counsel receives in carrying out the independent counsel's responsibilities under this chapter that may constitute grounds for an impeachment. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the General Assembly or either house thereof from obtaining information in the course of an impeachment proceeding.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9543 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9543 - Removal of independent counsel and termination of office

§ 9543. Removal of independent counsel and termination of office. (a) Removal, report on removal and termination.-- (1) An independent counsel appointed under this chapter may be removed from office only by the personal action of the panel and only for good cause, physical disability, mental incapacity or any other condition that substantially impairs the performance of the independent counsel's duties. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "good cause" includes violations of any ethical rules governing the independent counsel, the Attorney General or district attorneys.  (2) If an independent counsel is removed from office, the panel shall promptly submit to the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives a report specifying the facts found and the ultimate grounds for the removal. The committees may make available to the public the report, except that each committee may, if necessary to protect the rights of any individual named in the report or to prevent undue interference with any pending prosecution, postpone or refrain from publishing any or all of the report. The panel may release any or all of the report in accordance with section 9537(b) (relating to reports by independent counsel).  (3) An independent counsel removed from office may obtain judicial review of the removal in a civil action commenced in the Commonwealth Court. The independent counsel may be reinstated or granted other appropriate relief by order of the Commonwealth Court. A member of the panel may not hear or determine the civil action or any appeal of a decision in the civil action.  (b) Termination of office.-- (1) An office of independent counsel shall terminate when the independent counsel: (i) notifies the panel that the investigation of all matters within the prosecutorial jurisdiction of the independent counsel or accepted by the independent counsel, and any resulting prosecutions, have been completed; and  (ii) files a final report in compliance with section 9537. (2) The panel shall determine on its own motion whether termination is appropriate under this subsection no later than two years after the appointment of an independent counsel or the reported expenditures of the independent counsel, including personnel costs under sections 9532 (relating to compensation and travel expenses) and 9533 (relating to additional personnel), have reached $2,000,000, whichever occurs first, and at the end of each succeeding one-year period.    Cross References. Section 9543 is referred to in section 9537 of this title.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9544 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9544 - Audits

§ 9544. Audits. By December 31 of each year, an independent counsel shall prepare a statement of expenditures for the fiscal year that ended on the immediately preceding June 30. An independent counsel whose office is terminated prior to the end of the fiscal year shall prepare a statement of expenditures within 90 days of the date on which the office is terminated. The Auditor General shall audit each statement and report the results of each audit to the appropriate committees of the General Assembly no later than March 31 of the year following the submission of the statement.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9545 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9545 - Relationship with Office of Attorney General

§ 9545. Relationship with Office of Attorney General. Whenever a matter is in the prosecutorial jurisdiction of an independent counsel or has been accepted by an independent counsel under section 9535 (relating to referral of other matters to independent counsel), the Office of Attorney General, the Attorney General, all other officers and employees of the Office of Attorney General and any district attorney shall suspend all investigations and proceedings regarding that matter and shall turn over to the independent counsel all materials, files and other data relating to that matter.
18 PA Cons Stat § 9546 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES|Chapter 95 - Independent Counsel|Section 9546 - Venue

§ 9546. Venue. The proper venue for all prosecutions conducted by the independent counsel shall be determined in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, except that for the purposes of convenience and fairness, the panel may set the venue in any other county on its own motion or at the request of the independent counsel or on petition of the defendant.
20 PA Cons Stat § 101 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 1 - Short Title and Definitions|Section 101 - Short title

§ 101. Short title. This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code." Each chapter herein shall be known and may be cited by its chapter heading.
20 PA Cons Stat § 102 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 1 - Short Title and Definitions|Section 102 - Definitions

§ 102. Definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this title which are applicable to specific provisions of this title, the following words and phrases when used in this title shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:  "Clerk." Means the clerk of the orphans' court division of the court of common pleas.  "Court, orphans' court, or orphans' court division." Means the court of common pleas exercising the jurisdiction referred to in this title through its orphans' court division.  "Fiduciary." Includes personal representatives, guardians, and trustees, whether domiciliary or ancillary, individual or corporate, subject to the jurisdiction of the orphans' court division.  "First complete advertisement of the grant of letters." In counties having no legal publication, means the first of the three times that the grant of letters is advertised in a newspaper, and, in counties having a legal publication, it means when it has been advertised, on at least one occasion, in both the newspaper and in the legal publication.  "Foreign fiduciary." Means a personal representative, guardian of a minor or incapacitated person, trustee or one performing the functions of any such fiduciary, who is subject primarily to the control of the court of another jurisdiction and has not received ancillary authority in the Commonwealth.  "Foreign guardian." Means a guardian, or one performing the function of a guardian, who is subject primarily to the control of the court of another jurisdiction and has not received ancillary authority in the Commonwealth.  "General rule or rule of court." A rule or order promulgated by the governing authority, as defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § 102 (relating to definitions), of the unified judicial system.  "Guardian." Means a fiduciary who has the care and management of the estate or person of a minor or an incapacitated person.  "Incapacitated person." Means a person determined to be an incapacitated person under the provisions of Chapter 55 (relating to incapacitated persons).  "Letters." Means letters testamentary or letters of administration of any description.  "Minor." Means an individual under the age of 18 years.  "Personal representative." Means an executor or administrator of any description.  "Register." Means the register of wills having jurisdiction of granting of letters testamentary or of administration.  "Trust." Means any trust, whether testamentary or inter vivos, subject to the jurisdiction of the orphans' court division.  "Will." Means a written will, codicil or other testamentary writing.   (Dec. 6, 1972, P.L.1461, No.331; July 9, 1976, P.L.551, No.135, eff. imd.; Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days)    1992 Amendment. See section 21 of Act 24 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
20 PA Cons Stat § 301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 3 - Ownership of Property; Legal Title and Equitable Estate|Section 301 - Title to real and personal estate of a decedent

 § 301. Title to real and personal estate of a decedent. (a) Personal estate.--Legal title to all personal estate of a decedent shall pass at his death to his personal representative, if any, as of the date of his death.  (b) Real estate.--Legal title to all real estate of a decedent shall pass at his death to his heirs or devisees, subject, however, to all the powers granted to the personal representative by this title and lawfully by the will and to all orders of the court.
20 PA Cons Stat § 302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 3 - Ownership of Property; Legal Title and Equitable Estate|Section 302 - Title to real and personal estate of an incapacitated person

§ 302. Title to real and personal estate of an incapacitated person. Legal title to all real estate and personal property of an incapacitated person shall remain in him, subject, however, to all the powers granted to his guardian by this title and lawfully by a governing instrument and to all orders of the court.   (Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days)   1992 Amendment. See section 21 of Act 24 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
20 PA Cons Stat § 303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 3 - Ownership of Property; Legal Title and Equitable Estate|Section 303 - Title to real and personal estate of a minor

§ 303. Title to real and personal estate of a minor. Legal title to all real and personal property of a minor shall remain in him, subject, however, to all the powers granted to his guardian by this title and lawfully by a governing instrument and to all orders of the court.
20 PA Cons Stat § 304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 3 - Ownership of Property; Legal Title and Equitable Estate|Section 304 - Application of payments made to fiduciaries

§ 304. Application of payments made to fiduciaries. A person who, in good faith, pays or transfers to a fiduciary any money or other property, which the fiduciary as such is authorized to receive, is not responsible for the proper application thereof by the fiduciary, and any right or title acquired from the fiduciary in consideration of the payment or transfer is not invalid in consequence of a misapplication by the fiduciary.  (Oct. 12, 1984, P.L.929, No.182, eff. imd.)   1984 Amendment. Act 182 added section 304.
20 PA Cons Stat § 701 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 7 - Orphans' Court Divisions|Section 701 - Orphans' court divisions

§ 701. Orphans' court divisions. Orphans' court divisions shall be organized as provided by Title 42 (relating to judiciary and judicial procedure). Except as otherwise provided or prescribed by law, each orphans' court division shall possess the powers vested in the whole court.
20 PA Cons Stat § 712 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 7 - Orphans' Court Divisions|Section 712 - Nonmandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division

§ 712. Nonmandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division. The jurisdiction of the court of common pleas over the following may be exercised through either its orphans' court division or other appropriate division:  (1) Title to real estate.--The determination of the persons to whom the title to real estate of a decedent or of the creator of an estate or trust has passed by devise or descent or by the terms of the trust instrument where jurisdiction of such estate or trust is exercised through the orphans' court division: Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the provisions of section 711 (relating to mandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division in general) relating to distribution of real estate in an estate or trust. If section 3546 (relating to determination of title to decedent's interest in real estate) applies, the procedures under that section shall govern. For other actions to quiet title to real estate, this section shall govern.  (2) Guardian of person.--The appointment, control and removal of the guardian of the person of any incapacitated person.  (3) Other matters.--The disposition of any case where there are substantial questions concerning matters enumerated in section 711 and also matters not enumerated in that section.  (4) Powers of attorney.--(Deleted by amendment).  (Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.; July 9, 1976, P.L.551, No.135, eff. imd.; Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.77, No.37, eff. 60 days; Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days; Dec. 1, 1994, P.L.655, No.102, eff. 60 days; Oct. 12, 1999, P.L.422, No.39, eff. 60 days; July 8, 2016, P.L.497, No.79, eff. Jan. 1, 2017)    2016 Amendment. Act 79 amended par. (1).  1999 Amendment. See section 13(8) of Act 39 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  1992 Amendment. See section 21 of Act 24 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  Cross References. Section 712 is referred to in section 711 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 713 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 7 - Orphans' Court Divisions|Section 713 - Special provisions for Philadelphia County

§ 713. Special provisions for Philadelphia County. The provisions of section 711 (relating to mandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division in general), insofar as they relate to adoptions and birth records, shall not apply to Philadelphia County. In Philadelphia County the jurisdiction over adoptions and all proceedings which may be necessary to be presented to a court for determination with regard to issues concerning recordation of birth and birth records or the alteration, amendment or modification of such birth records or the right to obtain a certified copy of the same, shall be exercised through the family court division of the court of common pleas. Whenever a resident of Philadelphia is entitled to take an appeal from the action of the Department of Health in connection with any matters concerning birth records, the appeal shall be taken to the family court division of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia. In all other matters in which a petition is addressed to a court by a resident of Philadelphia in connection with matters of birth records, the filing of which petition is not in the nature of an appeal but is an original proceeding, the petition shall be determined by the family court division of the court of common pleas of Philadelphia.    Cross References. Section 713 is referred to in section 711 of this title; section 933 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).