(a) Application of section 3135.-- The provisions of 42 Pa.C.S. § 3135 shall not be applicable to the selection of judges for the judgeships created in the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a). (b) Creation and filling of new judgeships.-- (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), the new judgeships added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created on January 2, 2002, and shall be initially filled by election at the 2001 municipal election. (2) The new judgeships for the second district added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created as follows: (i) One judgeship shall be created on January 2, 2002, and shall be initially filled at the 2001 municipal election. (ii) One judgeship shall be created on January 5, 2004, and shall be initially filled at the 2003 municipal election. (3) The new judgeships for the fifteenth district added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created on January 5, 2004, and shall be initially filled at the 2003 municipal election. (4) The new judgeship for the thirty-first district added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created on January 5, 2004, and shall be initially filled at the 2003 municipal election. (5) The new judgeship for the nineteenth district added by the amendment of 42 Pa.C.S. § 911(a) shall be created on January 5, 2004, and shall be initially filled at the 2003 municipal election. Creation of Judgeships. Section 3 of Act 113 of 2001 provided that notwithstanding the provisions of section 7(b)(1) and (2)(i) of Act 105, the new judgeships authorized by section 911(a) of Title 42 and initially filled by election at the 2001 municipal election shall be created on January 7, 2002. 2001, JUNE 22, P.L.388, NO.28
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