En Pensilvania, la gente puede decidir en una elección si quiere cerrar una corte comunitaria. Si ganan, esa corte se disuelve y se reemplaza por otros jueces en un tiempo específico.
Es como cuando en una reunión familiar se decide dejar de usar una receta que no gusta y se elige una nueva que todos prefieren.
Imagina que en un barrio de Pittsburgh, durante una elección, los residentes votan para cerrar su corte comunitaria porque sienten que no están ayudando. Después de la votación, en enero del siguiente año, se establece un nuevo juez para manejar los casos que antes iban a la corte comunitaria, asegurando que las necesidades del barrio sean atendidas.
(c) Discontinuance.-- Where the electors of a judicial district have at a primary election approved the discontinuance of an existing community court within their judicial district such community court and the office of the judges serving thereon shall then be abolished in the manner and at such time as is provided by section 3322 (relating to discontinuance of community courts). Thereafter, the office of magisterial district judge or judge of the municipal or traffic court, as the case may be, shall be established to replace and supplant such community court on the first Monday of January of the even-numbered year next following the odd-numbered year specified in section 1503(b) (relating to discontinuance of community court) and the number and boundaries of magisterial districts, if any, of each class within such judicial district shall be established in the manner provided by section 1503(b). (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days) 2004 Amendment. Act 207 amended subsecs. (b) and (c). See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law. 42 Pa.C.S. 2004 - Amendment § 1103. Powers of community courts. Every judge of a community court shall have all the powers of a judge of the municipal court or traffic court, or of a magisterial district judge, as the case may be. (Nov. 30, 2004, P.L.1618, No.207, eff. 60 days) 2004 Amendment. See section 29 of Act 207 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to construction of law. 42 Pa.C.S. 1104 - Seats Of Courts The regular sessions of each community court shall be held at such location within the judicial district as may be approved by the president judge of the court of common pleas of the judicial district in compliance with general rule
Si la corte comunitaria se cierra, se reemplaza por un nuevo juez que se encargará de los casos en esa área, asegurando que la justicia continúe.
Los electores de un distrito judicial votan en una elección primaria para decidir si quieren cerrar la corte comunitaria existente.
El cambio de jueces se realiza el primer lunes de enero del año siguiente a la votación que aprobó el cierre de la corte comunitaria.
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