6 Termination of inactive citations issued between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 1997; administrative order no. 02 of 2003
Title 249--PHILADELPHIA RULES PHILADELPHIA COUNTY Termination of Inactive Citations Issued Between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 1997; Administrative Order No. 02 of 2003 [34 Pa.B. 36] Order And Now, this 24th day of November, 2003, the Traffic Court having determined that approximately 462,760 citations issued between January 1, 1993 and before December 31, 1997 have not resulted in a plea, adjudication or judgment against the violators, upon compliance with the Procedure for Terminating Inactive Traffic Court Citations pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 1901, and as provided in Administrative Docket No. 1 of 2001, issued by the Traffic Court on March 13, 2001, and having determined that there has been no activity on these citations for a period of five years or more, and that the citations are thus both legally and practically unenforceable, and the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania having been informed of the intent to terminate these cases, and no objections having been received;
Now, Therefore, It Is Hereby Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that all Traffic Court citations issued between January 1, 1993 and December 31, 1997, for which there has been no plea or adjudication, and for which there has been a lack of activity for a period of five (5) years or more, shall be terminated thirty (30) days after the issuance of this Order.
The full list of citations to be terminated shall be available for public inspection at the Philadelphia Traffic Court, 800 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130, during the Traffic Court's normal business hours. It Is Further Provided that on or before the termination date, any interested party may petition the Court and show cause why any citation on the termination list should not be removed from that list.
This Administrative Order shall be filed with the Prothonotary in a docket maintained for Administrative Orders issued by the President Judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court, and copies shall be submitted to the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee, and the Minor Court Rules Committee. Copies of the Order shall also be submitted to American Lawyer Media, The Legal Intelligencer, Jenkins Memorial Law Library and the Law Library for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
By the Court
FRANCIS E. KELLY,
President Judge[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-6. Filed for public inspection January 2, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]
