Opinion
NO. 449
03-28-2014
IN RE: EXTENSION OF PILOT PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC FILING AND SERVICE OF MOTIONS AND OTHER LEGAL PAPERS IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, TRIAL DIVISION-CRIMINAL SECTION AND THE PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL COURT-CRIMINAL SECTION
CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL RULES
DOCKET
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 28th day of March, 2014, IT IS ORDERED pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that the pilot program for electronic filing in the First Judicial District Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division - Criminal Section and the Philadelphia Municipal Court - Criminal Section, as authorized by Order No. 424, Criminal Procedural Rules Docket (February 6, 2013) and its accompanying local rule, shall be extended for a period of one year, from April 1, 2014 - April 1, 2015.
During the pilot program, the provisions of the local rule shall control to the extent that the local rule's provisions conflict with the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Electronic Case Record Public Access Policy and the Records Retention and Disposition Schedule With Guidelines.
This ORDER shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective immediately.