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Direct appeals from government agencies - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 763

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     § 763.  Direct appeals from government agencies.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (c), the
     Commonwealth Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals
     from final orders of government agencies in the following cases:
            (1)  All appeals from Commonwealth agencies under
        Subchapter A of Chapter 7 of Title 2 (relating to judicial
        review of Commonwealth agency action) or otherwise and
        including appeals from the Board of Claims, the Environmental
        Hearing Board, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission,
        the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review and from any
        other Commonwealth agency having Statewide jurisdiction.
            (2)  All appeals jurisdiction of which is vested in the
        Commonwealth Court by any statute hereafter enacted.
        (b)  Awards of arbitrators.--The Commonwealth Court shall
     have exclusive jurisdiction of all petitions for review of an
     award of arbitrators appointed in conformity with statute to
     arbitrate a dispute between the Commonwealth and an employee of
     the Commonwealth. The petition for review shall be deemed an
     appeal from a government unit for the purposes of section 723
     (relating to appeals from Commonwealth Court) and Chapter 55
     (relating to limitation of time).
        (c)  Exceptions.--The Commonwealth Court shall not have
     jurisdiction of such classes of appeals from government agencies
     as are:
            (1)  By section 725 (relating to direct appeals from
        constitutional and judicial agencies) within the exclusive
        jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
            (2)  By section 933 (relating to appeals from government
        agencies) within the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
        common pleas.
     (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; May 15, 1998,
     P.L.358, No.57, eff. 180 days)

        1998 Amendment.  Act 57 amended subsec. (a).
        Cross References.  Section 763 is referred to in section 1204
     of Title 4 (Amusements); section 8533.1 of Title 24 (Education);
     sections 531, 1725 of Title 62 (Procurement); sections 5953.1,
     5953.3 of Title 71 (State Government); sections 1553, 1554 of
     Title 75 (Vehicles).

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