§ 1703. Meeting procedures.
The Supreme Court and all other agencies and units of the
unified judicial system when exercising the powers to recommend
or adopt general rules or other orders in the nature of
regulations shall be an agency within the meaning of the act of
July 19, 1974 (P.L.486, No.175), referred to as the Public
Agency Open Meeting Law.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)
1978 Amendment. Act 53 added section 1703.
Constitutionality. Section 1703 was declared
unconstitutional on November 14, 1978, by the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania in a letter to the Governor and the General
Assembly. See In re 42 Pa.C.S. § 1703, 482 Pa. 522, 394 A.2d
444.
References in Text. The act of July 19, 1974 (P.L.486,
No.175), referred to as the Public Agency Open Meeting Law,
referred to in this section, was repealed by the act of July 3,
1986 (P.L.388, No.84), known as the Sunshine Act
