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                                ARTICLE D
                               MINOR COURTS

     Chapter
       11.  Community and Municipal Courts
       13.  Traffic Courts

                                CHAPTER 11
                      COMMUNITY AND MUNICIPAL COURTS

     Subchapter
        A.  Community Courts
        B.  Philadelphia Municipal Court
        C.  Pittsburgh Magistrates Court

        Enactment.  Chapter 11 was added July 9, 1976, P.L.586,
     No.142, effective 60 days from the date of final enactment of
     the act of April 28, 1978 (P.L.202, No.53).

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                             COMMUNITY COURTS

     Sec.
     1101.  Community courts.
     1102.  Establishment or discontinuance of community courts.
     1103.  Powers of community courts.
     1104.  Seats of courts.
     1105.  Jurisdiction and venue.
     1106.  Lien of judgments.

        Cross References.  Subchapter A is referred to in section 102
     of this title.
     § 1101.  Community courts.
        (a)  General rule.--There shall be one community court for
     each judicial district of this Commonwealth which has elected to
     establish and which has not elected to discontinue such a court
     in the manner provided in this subchapter. The community court
     shall be a court not of record and shall consist of a number of
     judges determined by dividing the total population of the
     judicial district as determined by the last officially reported
     decennial or special Federal census by 75,000. In any judicial
     district where the aforesaid division results in a remainder
     greater than 40,000, the judicial district shall be entitled to
     an additional community court judge. In no event shall any
     judicial district have less than two community court judges.
        (b)  Single county districts.--In single county judicial
     districts the community court of the district shall be known as
     the "Community Court of (the respective) County."
        (c)  Multicounty districts.--In multicounty judicial
     districts the community court of the district shall be known as
     the "Community Court of the (respective) Judicial District."

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