The several courts and magisterial district judges, all other system and related personnel, executive agencies and political subdivisions shall devise a practical and working basis for cooperation and coordination of activities, facilitating the performance of their respective duties and eliminating duplicating and overlapping of functions, and shall, so far as practical, cooperate with each other in the use of employees, land, buildings, quarters, facilities, services and equipment. Any agency or unit of the unified judicial system may empower or require an employee of any other government unit, subject to the consent of such other government unit, to perform any duty which might be required by such agency or unit of the system of its own employees, and any other government unit may empower or require an employee of any agency or unit of the system, subject to the consent of such agency or unit of the system, to perform any duty which might be required by such other government unit of its own employees.
(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.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Chapter 41 - Administration of Justice
Section 4101 - Coordination of activities
Section 4102 - Liability insurance for district justices (Repealed)
Section 4121 - Assignment of judges
Section 4122 - Assignment of magisterial district judges
Section 4123 - Assignment procedure
Section 4124 - Assignment of senior Philadelphia Municipal Court judges
Section 4131 - Definitions (Reserved)
Section 4132 - Attachment and summary punishment for contempts
Section 4133 - Commitment or fine for contempt
Section 4134 - Commitment for failure to pay fine
Section 4135 - Publication out of court
Section 4136 - Rights of persons charged with certain indirect criminal contempts
Section 4137 - Contempt powers of magisterial district judges
Section 4138 - Contempt powers of Pittsburgh Magistrates Court
Section 4139 - Contempt powers of Traffic Court of Philadelphia