Pennsylvania § 2705 Responsibility for reports to executive agencies

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 2705 — Responsibility for reports to executive agencies

Pennsylvania·Title 42 JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE·Part PART II·Ch. 27 OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT·Subch. GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a)Community Affairs.--The office of clerk of the court of common pleas shall certify to the Department of Community Affairs a copy of any order of court incorporating, merging, dissolving, annexing any territory from or to, confirming the adoption, amendment or repeal of any home rule charter or optional plan of government, or otherwise affecting the corporate status of any municipality.

(b)Insurance Department.--The prothonotary and the clerk of the orphans' court division shall make to the Insurance Department such periodic or special reports concerning matters commenced against any person subject to the supervision of the Insurance Department as the department may specify by regulation.

(c)Department of Justice.--The prothonotary and the clerk of the courts shall make to the Depar

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(a) Community Affairs.--The office of clerk of the court of common pleas shall certify to the Department of Community Affairs a copy of any order of court incorporating, merging, dissolving, annexing any territory from or to, confirming the adoption, amendment or repeal of any home rule charter or optional plan of government, or otherwise affecting the corporate status of any municipality.

(b) Insurance Department.--The prothonotary and the clerk of the orphans' court division shall make to the Insurance Department such periodic or special reports concerning matters commenced against any person subject to the supervision of the Insurance Department as the department may specify by regulation.

(c) Department of Justice.--The prothonotary and the clerk of the courts shall make to the Department of Justice such periodic or special reports concerning criminal matters as the department may specify by regulation.

(d) Department of Labor and Industry.--The clerk of the courts shall notify the Department of Labor and Industry of every conviction under the act of May 18, 1937 (P.L.665, No.176), known as the "Industrial Homework Law," if the department is not a party to the proceedings.

(e) Department of Transportation.--The office of the clerk of the court of common pleas shall comply with the reporting requirements of Title 75 (relating to vehicles).

(e.1) Department of Revenue.--The clerk of the courts shall report to the Department of Revenue, for the purposes of an audit of tax returns, the name of any person convicted of selling, distributing, delivering or manufacturing or possessing with intent to sell, distribute, deliver or manufacture any controlled substance or designer drug under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L.233, No.64), known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, when the value of the controlled substance or the designer drug, or combination thereof, amounts to $1,000 or more. As used in this subsection, the term "convicted" includes having pleaded guilty or nolo contendere.

(f) Superseding administrative office procedures and standards.--The manner of making any informational report required by or pursuant to subsections (a) through (e) or by or pursuant to any other similar statute by the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas may be modified by procedures and standards prescribed pursuant to section 4301 (relating to establishment and maintenance of judicial records) with the approval of the Department of Justice.

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Legislative History

(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Dec. 22, 1989, P.L.726, No.98, eff. 60 days) 1989 Amendment.Act 98 added subsec. (e.1). 1978 Amendment.Act 53 added section 2705. Transfer of Functions.Section 301(a)(16) of Act 58 of 1996 provided that all other powers and duties delegated to the Department of Community Affairs not otherwise expressly transferred elsewhere by Act 58 and currently performed by the Department of Community Affairs under section 2705 are transferred to the Department of Community and Economic Development. References in Text.The Department of Community Affairs, referred to in subsec. (a), was abolished by Act 58 of 1996 and its functions were transferred to the Department of Community and Economic Development. The Department of Justice, referred to in subsecs. (c) and (f), was reorganized into the Office of Attorney General by the act of October 15, 1980 (P.L.950, No.164).