2307 Admendment of local rules of judicial administration; no. 2010 MI 000-189-55; no. CP-67-AD00000035-2010

YORK COUNTY

Amendment of Local Rules of Judicial Administration; No. 2010—MI—000-189-55; No. CP-67-AD-0000035-2010

[40 Pa.B. 6934]
[Saturday, December 4, 2010]

Administrative Order Amending Local Rules
of Judicial Administration

 And Now, this 17th day of November, 2010, it is hereby Ordered and Decreed that the following York County Local Rules of Judicial Administration are hereby Amended to govern administration of the Court of Common Pleas of York County, Pennsylvania.

 These Amendments of York County Rules of Judicial Administration shall become effective on January 2, 2011. Any prior local rules, and any prior administrative order or any part of a prior administrative order which is in conflict with any portion of these Rules is vacated and repealed.

 It Is Further Ordered that in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. 103(c), the District Court Administrator shall:

 (a) File ten (10) certified copies thereof with the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, for distribution as set forth in Pa.R.J.A. 103(c)(2)

 (b) Distribute a diskette hereof to the Legislative Reference Bureau for Publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin;

 (c) Send electronic copies of the Rules to each of the following committees of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania:

 1. The Advisory Committee on Appellate Court Rules

 2. Civil Procedural Rules Committee

 3. Criminal Procedural Rules Committee

 4. Minor Court Civil Procedural Rules Committee

 5. Juvenile Rules Committee

 (e) Distribute one (1) certified copy of these amendments to the York County Rules of Judicial Administration to each, the Prothonotary and to the Clerk of Courts of York County, to be kept continuously available for public inspection and for copying. Upon request and payment of reasonable fees for reproduction and mailing, the Prothonotary shall furnish to any person a copy of any local rule.

 (f) Cause these amendments to York County Local Rules of Judicial Administration to be posted conspicuously on the web site of the County of York and cause copies to be made in paper and digital format, for distribution, upon payment of reasonable costs of reproduction.

 (e) Supervise the distribution thereof to all Judges, Magisterial District Judges, and all members of the Bar of this Court.

By the Court

RICHARD K. RENN, 
President Judge

 The York County Rules of Judicial Administration are amended as follows:

 The caption ''INSPECTION OF RECORDS'' shall be inserted in the Rules before YCJA 509.

 The following new rule shall be added, pursuant to 204 Pa. Code Section 213.5(c):

YCJA 513. Fees for Access to Magisterial District Court Records.

 A. A Magisterial District Court may charge reasonable fees for providing public access to official case records of the Court pursuant to 204 Pa. Code Sec. 213.1 et seq. The fees to be charged are set forth below. Changes to the fee structure may be made, from time to time, by the President Judge by administrative order.

 (1) For copying records or transmitting records by facsimile or other electronic means: $0.25 per page

 (2) For processing complex or voluminous requests, in addition to the costs of copying set forth in (1) above: $8.00 per quarter hour of staff time spent, in excess of the first quarter hour. What constitutes a complex or voluminous request may vary from court to court depending on factors such as court resources and caseload.

 B. Fees may be waived in full or in part in the discretion of the Magisterial District Judge if the Judge determines that the requester is indigent.

 C. Prepayment of fees incurred in processing a request is at the discretion of the Magisterial District Judge.

 D. Fees paid for services provided pursuant to this Rule are not refundable.

 E. Fees collected pursuant to this Rule shall be identified as revenue to the magisterial district court, but shall be timely remitted to the County of York.

 F. Any appeal from the application of this Rule or pursuant to 204 Pa. Code Section 213 et seq., or the Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania: Official Case Records of the Magisterial District Courts shall be made to the District Court Administrator.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 10-2307. Filed for public inspection December 3, 2010, 9:00 a.m.]