Title 204—JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS PART II. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF
PENNSYLVANIA COURTS[ 204 PA. CODE CHS. 29 AND 211 ] Consumer Price Index [41 Pa.B. 1894]
[Saturday, April 9, 2011]Section 211.1 of 204 Pa. Code is being reserved and renumbered as 204 Pa. Code § 29.401a (relating to Consumer Price Index—costs and fines) to read as set forth in Annex A. This section will now precede the financial regulations in 204 Pa. Code §§ 29.402 and 29.403 (relating to 42 Pa.C.S. § 1725.1. costs; and 42 Pa.C.S. § 3571) that are adjusted under the Consumer Price Index. The text in § 211.2 (relating to judicial salaries effective January 1, 2011) regarding the Consumer Price Index is being deleted and added to new § 211.1a (relating to Consumer Price Index—judicial salaries) to read as set forth in Annex A.
Annex A TITLE 204. JUDICIAL SYSTEM GENERAL PROVISIONS PART II. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Subchapter K. COSTS, FINES AND FEES § 29.401a. Consumer Price Index—costs and fines.
Pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, and 42 Pa.C.S. § 1721, the Supreme Court has authorized the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania to obtain and publish in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on or before November 30 the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for calendar year 2009 as required by Act 96 of 2010, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 1725.1(f) and 3571(c)(4) (as amended). See, No. 358 Judicial Administration Docket.
The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania reports that the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, for calendar year 2009 was 2.7% percent. (See, U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Series CUUROOOOSAO, April 9, 2010.)
PART VII. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS CHAPTER 211. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND JUDICIAL SALARIES § 211.1. (Reserved and Renumbered).
§ 211.1a. Consumer Price Index—judicial salaries.
The Court Administrator of Pennsylvania reports that the percentage change in the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the 12-month period ending October 2010, was 1.7 percent (1.7%). (See U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Wednesday, November 17, 2010).
§ 211.2. Judicial salaries effective January 1, 2011.
The annual judicial salaries for calendar year beginning January 1, 2011 will be adjusted by a cost-of-living factor as follows:
(a) Supreme Court.
(1) The annual salary of a justice of the Supreme Court shall be $189,620.
(2) The annual salary of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be $195,138.
(b) Superior Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Superior Court shall be $178,914.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Superior Court shall be $184,432.
(c) Commonwealth Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $178,914.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be $184,432.
(d) Courts of common pleas.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the court of common pleas shall be $164,602.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judges of the Court of Common Pleas shall be in accordance with the following schedule:
(i) Allegheny County, $167,361.
(ii) Philadelphia County, $167,913.
(iii) Judicial districts having six or more judges, $166,036.
(iv) Judicial districts having one to five judges, $165,319.
(v) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with divisions of six or more judges, $166,036.
(vi) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County with divisions of five or less judges, $165,319.
(vii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions of six or more judges, $166,036.
(viii) Administrative judges of the divisions of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County with divisions of five or less judges, $165,319.
(e) Philadelphia Municipal Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $160,793.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Municipal Court shall be $163,277.
(f) Philadelphia Traffic Court.
(1) The annual salary of a judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $86,496.
(2) The annual salary of the President Judge of the Philadelphia Traffic Court shall be $87,213.
(g) Magisterial district judge. The annual salary of a magisterial district judge shall be $82,303.
(h) Senior judges. The compensation of the senior judges pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 4121 (relating to assignment of judges) shall be $506 per day. In any calendar year the amount of compensation which a senior judge shall be permitted to earn as a senior judge shall not when added to retirement income paid by the Commonwealth for such senior judge exceed the compensation payable by the Commonwealth to a judge then in regular active service on the court from which said senior judge retired. A senior judge who so elects may serve without being paid all or any portion of the compensation provided by this section.
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 11-601. Filed for public inspection April 8, 2011, 9:00 a.m.]
