Title 201--RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION [201 PA. CODE CH. 7] Amendment of Rule 701(a); No. 193; Doc. No. 1 [28 Pa.B. 2283] Order Per Curiam:
And Now, this 29th day of April, 1998, Rule 701(a) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration is amended to read as follows.
To the extent that notice of proposed rulemaking would be required by Rule 103 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration or otherwise, the immediate amendment of Rule 301(b) is hereby found to be required in the interest of justice and efficient administration.
This Order shall be effective immediately and shall be processed in accordance with Rule 103(b) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Judicial Administration.
Annex A TITLE 201. RULES OF JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION CHAPTER 7. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER OF JUDGES Rule 701. Assignment of judges to courts.
(a) Certification of availability for assignment by former or retired judges. A former or retired judge who consents to accept assignment on temporary judicial service shall file with the Administrative Office a statement of the period during which he is willing to be assigned to a court, and a certification that he has not, since his last judicial duty, engaged in the practice of law or in any activity incompatible with judicial office and does not intend to engage in the practice of law in the future. In order to be qualified for assignment, such judge shall not have been defeated for re-election and shall have served as a judge (whether or not continuously or on the same court) by election or appointment for an aggregate of at least ten years, except that any duly elected justice or judge, having an aggregate of [six] five years' judicial service or seniority, who is required to retire at age seventy, shall be eligible for assignment.
* * * * * [Pa.B. Doc. No. 98-764. Filed for public inspection May 15, 1998, 9:00 a.m.]
