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Appointment of personnel - 42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2301

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                                CHAPTER 23
                         PERSONNEL OF THE SYSTEM

     Subchapter
        A.  General Provisions
        B.  through I. (Reserved)
        J.  Transferred County-Level Court Administrator Leave and
                    Benefits

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

     Sec.
     2301.  Appointment of personnel.
     2302.  Maintenance of adequate county staff.

        Enactment.  Chapter 23 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 Heading.  The heading of Subchapter A was added
     June 22, 1999, P.L.75, No.12, effective immediately.
     § 2301.  Appointment of personnel.
        (a)  General rule.--Subject to any inconsistent general rules
     or statutory provisions each:
            (1)  Judge and magisterial district judge may appoint and
        fix the duties of necessary personal staff.
            (2)  Court may appoint and fix the compensation and
        duties of necessary administrative staff and fix the
        compensation of personal staff.
            (3)  Other agency or unit of the unified judicial system
        may appoint and fix the compensation and duties of necessary
        central staff and personal staff.
        (b)  Oath of office.--Each member of a judicial board or
     commission and each other person who is appointed to an office
     shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and
     subscribe the oath or affirmation specified in section 3151
     (relating to oath of office).
        (c)  County staff unaffected.--The provisions of subsection
     (a) are intended solely to codify and consolidate former
     statutory provisions on the same subject and nothing in such
     subsection shall be construed to limit, modify or deny the
     existing powers or prerogatives of county staff or other
     officers, other than judges, elected by the electorate of a
     county, to appoint and to fix the reasonable compensation of
     such classes of personnel as such county officers have
     heretofore been authorized to do by law.
     (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days)

        2004 Amendment.  Act 207 amended subsec. (a)(1). See sections
     28 and 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special
     provisions relating to applicability and construction of law.
        Special Provisions in Appendix.  See sections 12, 17 and 18
     of Act 142 of 1976 in the appendix to this title for special
     provisions relating to the temporary appointment of personal
     staff of judges and district justices in Allegheny County and
     the appointment and removal of certain personnel of the
     municipal and traffic courts of Philadelphia.
        Cross References.  Section 2301 is referred to in section 325
     of this title.

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