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PRINTER'S NO. 236
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
273
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY YAW, STEFANO AND J. WARD, JANUARY 31, 2023
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 31, 2023
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, further providing for judicial
administration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby resolves as follows:
Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of
Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI:
That section 10(d) of Article V be amended to read:
ยง 10. Judicial administration.
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(d) The Chief Justice [and], as well as president judges of
all courts with [seven] two or less judges, shall be the justice
or judge longest in continuous service on their respective
courts; and in the event of [his] a resignation from this
position the justice or judge next longest in continuous service
shall be the Chief Justice or president judge. The president
judges of all other courts shall be selected for five-year terms
by the members of their respective courts. A Chief Justice or
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