Volume 9 Issues 28 and 29


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Qualifications and Terms: Newly Introduced

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Pennsylvania HB 221 Requires training for magisterial district judges in the identification and recognition of individuals with a mental health condition, autism, or an intellectual disability.  Approved by full Senate, delivered to governor for approval 6/29/2015.

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Salary and Budget: Newly Introduced

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New Jersey SB 3031 Increases judicial salaries by set amount over multiple years, and thereafter provides for annual salary cost of living adjustment.  Approved by Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee 6/22/2015. Approved by full Senate; Approved by full House; Delivered to governor for approval 6/25/2015.

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Structure Changes: Newly Introduced

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Other: Newly Introduced

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California AB 1028 ORIGINAL: Repeals provisions of state law that prevent certain retired judges or justices from administering oaths and affirmations and establishes a new Commission on Judicial Performance process for certification of retired judges who wish to administer oaths and affirmations. AMENDED: Permits a former judge who is retired by the Supreme Court for disability to administer oaths and affirmations if certified by the Commission on Judicial Performance. Requires all former judges and justices to submit a medical certification in conjunction with their application. Certification would permit judges and justices to administer oaths and affirmations for five years if certification indicated that they did not have a medical condition that could impair their ability to do so, or two years if certification indicated that they did.  Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee 7/8/2015.

California AB 1267 ORIGINAL: Repeals and rewords existing law to prohibit a person from filing or recording, or directing another to file or record, a lawsuit, lien, or other encumbrance against any person or entity, knowing that it is false, with the intent to harass the person or entity or to influence or hinder the person in discharging his or her official duties if the person is a public officer or employee. Requires the county recorder to establish a property fraud prevention notification system that notifies a subscriber that a document has been recorded against the subscriber’s property. AMENDED: Removes property fraud prevention notification system. Approved by full Senate 7/6/2015.