Previous provisions. Former Article XI (Militia) was repealed and its provisions (Section 1) were transferred to Article III, Section 16 (Legislation) by amendment of 16 May 1967, P.L.1037, J.R.3. The selection of the first members of the Judicial Qualifications Commission provided for in article 14 (a) of this article shall be as follows: the Governor shall appoint the four non-judicial members for a term of one year, three years, five years and seven years each, not more than two of whom shall be members of the same political party. The Supreme Court appoints the three non-judicial members of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Bar Association for a term of two years, four years and six years, two of whom cannot be members of the same political party. References. Reference is made to Section 9 of Section 26 of the Annex to this Article. Explanation. Joint Resolution No. 4 added Section 18 and made further amendments to Article IV. (1) A judge, judge or justice of the peace may be suspended, removed from office or disciplined if convicted of a crime; violation of Article 17 of this Article; misconduct in the performance of his or her duties; the negligence or non-performance of official functions or conduct that jeopardize the proper administration of justice or discredit the judicial function, whether or not the conduct took place in the exercise of judicial capacity or is prohibited by law; or conduct that violates a canon prescribed by the Supreme Court or a rule prescribed by the Supreme Court.
In the case of a judge, judge or justice of the peace with a mental or physical disability, the court may make an order of removal, retirement, suspension or other restrictions on the activity of the judge, judge or justice of the peace, as warranted by the protocol. Upon a final order of the court for suspension or expulsion for review, the judge, judge or justice of the peace shall be suspended or removed from office prior to appeal proceedings; and the salary of the judge, judge or justice of the peace expires on the date of the order. (7) The Commission shall receive and investigate complaints of judicial conduct filed by individuals or initiated by the Commission; issue subpoenas to enforce testimony, including the subject matter of the investigation, under oath and to compel the production of documents, books, accounts and other documents relevant to the investigation; determine whether there is a probable reason to lay formal charges against a judge, judge or justice of the peace for conduct prohibited in this section; and bring the case before the Court of Judicial Discipline in support of the charges. ARTICLE IX, SECTION 16. ADDED BY AMENDMENT 7 NOVEMBER 1933 Toll bridges. Section 16. In addition to the provisions set forth in paragraph four of article nine of this Constitution, the General Assembly may, by law, provide for the issuance of ten million dollars of obligations for the purchase of toll bridges and may provide by law that tolls may be levied for their use when purchasing such a bridge. sufficient to pay interest and degressive fund charges on those bonds and the cost of maintaining those bridges until the bonds issued have been withdrawn and those bridges are exempt from tolls.
[Source: 1933 Pa. Laws 1566] Adoption. Unless otherwise specified, the provisions of this Article IX were amended on 23 April 1968, P.L.App.11, Prop. No. 6, adopted. For the date of entry into force of the 1968 Amendment, see section 3 of Proposal No. 6 of 1968 annexed to the Constitution. Previous provisions. Former Article X (Education) was repealed and former Articles 1 and 2 were transferred to Articles 14 and 15 of Article III (Legislation) by amendment of 16 May 1967, P.L.1037, J.R.3.
The purpose of article X was previously in article XVI, which was repealed by amendment of 8 November 1966, 1965 P.L.1909, J.R.3. First mandates. For the terms of office of the State Treasurer and the Auditor General elected for the first time under this Section 18, see the list of Joint Resolution No. 4 of 1967 annexed to the Constitution. 1968 Amendment. Proposal 4 renumbered the former Article 14 with the current Article 10 and added the current Article 14. Section 3 of Proposal No 4 provided for the entry into force of Article 14 as soon as possible and no later than 1 July 1970. (y) The offices of the Prothonotary and the Registry of Wills of the City of Philadelphia shall no longer be considered constitutional offices under this section, but their powers and functions shall continue to exist until such offices are covered by the Charter of Self-Government by a referendum in the manner provided by law. References. Article 29 is referred to in Article VIII, Section 17 (Taxes and Finance).
4. Debts may arise without the consent of the voters for investment projects specifically broken down in an investment budget if those debts do not result in the amount of the outstanding net debt exceeding one and three quarters of the average annual tax revenue paid in the previous five financial years, as confirmed by the Court of Auditors. For the purposes of this subsection, unpaid debts do not include debts incurred under clauses (1) and (2) (i) or debts incurred under clause (2) (ii) if the original debt would not be taken into account in that manner, or debts incurred under subsection (3), unless the General Assembly so provides by law, who approves this debt. Previous provisions. Former Article 17 was amended and amended with the current Article 16 by amendment of 23 April 1968, P.L.App.3, Prop. No. 1, consolidated. (b) shall be deemed to have been adopted and adopted in accordance with this section for justices of the peace if he or she has served a full term before the establishment of an administrative district and, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, any law that currently subjects real property of public utility to local property taxation by local tax authorities shall remain in full force and effect. The General Assembly, at the first session following the adoption of this Constitution, shall determine and determine the remuneration of the judges of the Supreme Court and of the judges of the various judicial districts of the Commonwealth; and the provisions of the fifteenth section of the article on legislation are not considered contradictory. Nothing in this Constitution can reduce the compensation currently paid to a commonwealth judge who is now in office.
Amendment 2016. Joint Resolution No. 2 of 2015 changed the section header and subsection (c). Explanation. Proposal 5 amended Section 1, added Sections 2 and 4 and renumbered or amended other sections of Article VIII. (b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (d) of the article, the President of the Supreme Court shall be the judge who has served in that Court for the longest period without interruption if he was a member of that Court on the first Monday of January 1977. In the absence of such a judge or if he is willing to exercise the function of presiding judge, the presiding judge shall be chosen in accordance with this Article. References in the text. The Superintendent of Education referred to in section 1 is now the Minister of Education. (a) Judges, state judges and justices of the peace are citizens of the Commonwealth. Judges and judges, with the exception of judges of the Philadelphia City Circuit Court, are members of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
Judges and judges of national courts shall reside in the Commonwealth for a period of one year prior to their election or appointment and during their term of office. Other judges and justices of the peace shall reside in their respective districts for a period of one year before their election or appointment and during the maintenance of their office, unless this section provides for temporary functions. .