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Date Created: 2023-11-06 21:09:29.471363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:12:16.180522
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Rule 1512. Time for Petitioning for Review.

      (a)   Appeals [authorized by law.--] Authorized by Law. Except as otherwise
            prescribed by [paragraph] subdivision (b) [of this rule]:

            (1)    A petition for review of a quasijudicial order, or an order appealable
                   under 42 Pa.C.S. § 763(b) (awards of arbitrators) or under any other
                   provision of law, shall be filed with the prothonotary of the appellate
                   court within 30 days after the entry of the order.

            (2)    If a timely petition for review of such an order is filed by a party, any
                   other party may file a cross-petition for review within 14 days of the
                   date on which the first petition for review was served, or within the
                   time otherwise prescribed by [subparagraph] subdivision (a)(1) [of
                   this rule], whichever period last expires.

      (b)   Special [appellate provisions.--] Appellate Provisions. A petition for
            review of a determination by:

            (1)    [A determination of] the Department of Community and Economic
                   Development in any matter arising under 53 Pa.C.S. §§ 8001-
                   8285 shall be filed within 15 days after entry of the order or the date
                   the determination is deemed to have been made, when no order has
                   been entered[.];

            (2)    [A determination governed by Pa.R.A.P. 1571 (determinations
                   of the Board of Finance and Revenue)] the Board of Finance and
                   Revenue pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1571 shall be filed within the
                   appropriate period therein specified[.];

            (3)    [A determination of] a Commonwealth agency under 62 Pa.C.S. §
                   1711.1(g) shall be filed within 15 days of the mailing date of a final
                   determination denying a protest[.];

            (4)    a criminal justice agency with statewide jurisdiction denying a
                   request for dissemination of criminal history investigative
                   information, in accordance with 18 Pa.C.S. § 9158.4, shall be
                   filed within 45 days after service of the denial.

      (c)   Original [jurisdiction actions.--] Jurisdiction Actions. A petition for
            review of a determination of a government unit within the scope of Chapter
            15 but not within the scope of [paragraphs] subdivisions (a) or (b) [of this
             rule] may be filed with the prothonotary of the appellate court within the
             time, if any, limited by law.

[Note:] Comment: The note to Pa.R.A.P. 903 (time for appeal) addresses the
development of the standard 30-day appeal period. Pa.R.A.P. 102 defines a
“quasijudicial order” as “an order of a government unit, made after notice and opportunity
for hearing, which is by law reviewable solely upon the record made before the
government unit, and not upon a record made in whole or in part before the reviewing
court.”

      Subdivision (b)(4) is limited to review of certain grounds for a denial. See 18
Pa.C.S. § 9158.3(a)(2). Section 9158.4(a) of the Criminal History Record Information
Act sets forth certain content requirements for a petition for review. Those
requirements are satisfied by Pa.R.A.P. 1513(d) and Pa.R.A.P. 1951.

        [Paragraph] Subdivision (c) relates to matters addressed to the original
jurisdiction of an appellate court. For example, equitable matters are governed by existing
principles of laches, etc. Other matters, such as petitions for review raising issues
formerly cognizable by action in mandamus or quo warranto, etc., are governed by the
time limits, if any, applicable under the prior procedure. See generally 42 Pa.C.S. §§
1702 (regarding the Supreme Court's rulemaking procedures), 1722(c) (Time limitations),
5501--5574 (Limitations of time).

                                Historical Commentary

       The following commentary is historical in nature and represents statements
of the Committee at the time of rulemaking:

                          EXPLANATORY COMMENT—1976

       The right to file a cross appeal from a quasi-judicial order of a government unit
(e.g. an order of the Public Utility Commission approving a rate increase) is granted, to
conform to Rules 901(b) and 1113(b).

                          EXPLANATORY COMMENT—2002

      See Comment following Pa.R.A.P., Rule 511.

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