Section 503. Staff

(a) Supreme Court appointments. The Supreme Court may appoint and remove the executive personnel of the Administrative Office and such district court administrators and other personnel of the system as may be necessary and proper for the prompt and proper disposition of the business of all courts and justices of the peace.

(b) Other appointments. Subject to the approval of the Supreme Court, the Court Administrator may appoint and remove such personnel of the Administrative Office and such appellate and district court administrators, and their staffs, as are authorized for the system. After no more than a six-month probationary period, no appellate court administrator, district court administrator, deputy court administrator or special courts administrator may be removed without the prior written approval of the Court Administrator. In the event of a vacancy in the position of appellate court administrator, district court administrator, deputy court administrator or special courts administrator in any of the Judicial Districts of the Commonwealth, the position shall be filled by the President Judge or, in such Districts where there are Administrative Judges, by the majority vote of the President Judge and Administrative Judges, only with the written approval of the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania. If no such approval is obtained, further candidates for the position(s) shall be presented until such approval is obtained. In no case shall an ‘‘acting’’ court administrator or ‘‘acting’’ deputy or special courts administrator be put in place for longer than six months without the written approval of the Court Administrator being sought and received.

The provisions of this Rule 503 amended October 10, 1979, effective October 20, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 3509; amended June 7, 1996, effective September 1, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 2985. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (192783) to (192784).