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Copyright ௠ 2020 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Editorial preparation, composition, printing and distribution of the Pennsylvania Bulletin is effected on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by FRY COMMUNICATIONS, Inc., 800 West Church Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylva- nia 17055-3198. 4117 CONTENTS THE COURTS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Notices JUVENILE RULES Pennsylvania Electric 8s instant lottery game 1479 . . 4198 Order amending Rules 127 and 1127 of the Pennsyl- Pennsylvania JAMES BOND 007TM instant lottery vania Rules of Juvenile Court Procedure; No. 846 game 1441; change to game rules; amended supreme court rules doc...... 4128 notice ...... 4201 RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Pennsylvania Lucky Horseshoe instant lottery game Order amending Rule 576.1 of the Pennsylvania 1478 ...... 4201 Rules of Criminal Procedure; No. 521 criminal Pennsylvania PA Millionaire’s Club instant lottery procedural rules doc...... 4124 game 1475 ...... 4204 Order amending Rules 115 and 1012 of the Pennsyl- Pennsylvania Winner Winner Chicken Dinner in- vania Rules of Criminal Procedure; No. 522 crimi- stant lottery game 1476 ...... 4209 nal procedural rules doc...... 4123 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SUPREME COURT Notices Extending March 27, 2020, Order regarding timing Twelve Year Transportation Program...... 4212 and means for holding hearings before the Board of Law Examiners; No. 845 supreme court rules FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION doc...... 4129 Notices Classification of wild trout streams; proposed addi- EXECUTIVE AND INDEPENDENT tions; October 2020 ...... 4213 Proposed changes to list of Class A wild trout AGENCIES waters; October 2020...... 4214 DEPARTMENT OF BANKING AND SECURITIES INDEPENDENT REGULATORY REVIEW Notices COMMISSION Actions on applications...... 4145 Notices Maximum lawful rate of interest for residential Notice of comments issued ...... 4216 mortgages for the month of September 2020 ...... 4145 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSURANCE DEPARTMENT Notices Notices Aggregate Advisory Board virtual meeting...... 4193 Section 1332 reinsurance waiver application ap- Agricultural Advisory Board and Nutrient Manage- proval and first year parameter; notice 2020-20. . . 4217 ment Advisory Board joint virtual meeting ...... 4194 LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU Applications, actions and special notices...... 4146 Bid opportunity...... 4194 Notices Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Documents filed but not published ...... 4218 System general permit for operation of concen- PENNSYLVANIA ENERGY DEVELOPMENT trated animal feeding operations (PAG-12)...... 4194 Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board virtual AUTHORITY meeting ...... 4195 Notices State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Availability of the Pennsylvania Energy Develop- Officers rescheduled virtual meeting ...... 4196 ment Authority Restart Grant ...... 4218 State Board for Certification of Sewage Enforcement Officers; update to certification examination PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD schedule ...... 4196 Statements of Policy DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Prepaid access instrument transactions ...... 4142 Notices PENNSYLVANIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Community Notices Prevention Planning Committee public virtual Service of notice of motor carrier applications...... 4218 meetings; amended notice ...... 4197 Wastewater service ...... 4220 Long-term care nursing facilities; requests for ex- ception ...... 4197 PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND PRACTICES DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Notices Notices Rate methodology for living independence for the Application of Matthew J. Filippelli for reinstatement elderly sites operating under Medicare and Medic- of teaching certificates; doc. No. RE-20-003 ...... 4220 aid Capitation Program of all-inclusive care for Application of Gretta Markle for reinstatement of the elderly ...... 4198 teaching certificates; doc. No. RE-20-002 ...... 4220

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PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT STATE BOARD OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE BOARD Rules and Regulations Notices Fees ...... 4133 Hearing scheduled ...... 4221 STATE POLICE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Notices Rules and Regulations Corrective amendment to school district organiza- Storage and preservation policy for sexual assault tion; chapter 2...... 4131 evidence...... 4221

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The following numerical guide is a list of the chapters of each title of the Pennsylvania Code affected by documents published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin during 2020.

4 Pa. Code (Administration) 49 Pa. Code (Professional and Vocational Standards) Adopted Rules Adopted Rules 1 ...... 902, 3586 25...... 4133 7 ...... 3200, 4008 33...... 3854 7a...... 3406 35...... 1838 43b...... 1354 Statements of Policy 9 ...... 328, 546, 915, 1118, 1551 Proposed Rules 25...... 1364 7 Pa. Code (Agriculture) Adopted Rules 29...... 2743 150...... 1836 39...... 668 22 Pa. Code (Education) 52 Pa. Code (Public Utilities) Adopted Rules Adopted Rules 2 ...... 4131 54...... 3861 77...... 469 25 Pa. Code (Environmental Protection) Adopted Rules Proposed Rules 78A ...... 3845 32...... 3585 86...... 1508 87...... 1508 Statements of Policy 88...... 1508 41...... 1695 89...... 1508 69...... 1652, 3598 90...... 1508 93...... 3426 55 Pa. Code (Human Services) 123...... 3714 Statements of Policy 261a ...... 3581 41...... 1695 262a ...... 3581 263a ...... 3581 58 Pa. Code (Recreation) 264a ...... 3581 Adopted Rules 265a ...... 3581 63...... 1526, 3892 806...... 1931 69...... 1527 119...... 1246 Proposed Rules 135...... 2257 93...... 3724 139...... 2258 96...... 3724 141...... 2264, 2265, 2268, 2269, 2272 121...... 2633 147...... 2273, 2274, 2276 129...... 2633 250...... 1011 Proposed Rules 51...... 3894 Statements of Policy 61...... 3895 16...... 3485 63...... 1247 65...... 3896, 3898 28 Pa. Code (Health and Safety) 131...... 1549 Adopted Rules 135...... 1372, 1549, 2279 26...... 1352 139...... 1373 31 Pa. Code (Insurance) 141...... 1379, 1380, 1384, 1385 Proposed Rules 147...... 1387, 1390 168...... 798 Statements of Policy 34 Pa. Code (Labor and Industry) 465b ...... 4142 Adopted Rules 91...... 792 61 Pa. Code (Revenue) 93...... 792 Adopted Rules 95...... 792 876...... 1528 Proposed Rules 67 Pa. Code (Transportation) 65...... 3108 Adopted Rules 601...... 545 40 Pa. Code (Liquor) Proposed Rules Proposed Rules 5 ...... 1650 55...... 2746

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201 Pa. Code (Rules of Judicial Administration) 13...... 3823 Adopted Rules 17...... 3823 6 ...... 2174 19...... 304 7 ...... 2012 21...... 3823 25...... 3823 204 Pa. Code (Judicial System General Provisions) Adopted Rules 225 Pa. Code (Rules of Evidence) 27...... 1344 Adopted Rules 29...... 3423 Article IX ...... 2837 33...... 1108 71...... 641, 1239, 2012, 2386 231 Pa. Code (Rules of Civil Procedure) 73...... 2386 Adopted Rules 81...... 3011 200...... 198, 306 82...... 2077, 2174 400...... 199 83...... 197, 2013, 3571 1000 ...... 199 85...... 647, 4014 1915 ...... 4019 89...... 2387, 2388, 4014 Part II ...... 306 91...... 647, 4014 Proposed Rules 93...... 647, 648, 651, 2388, 4014 200...... 3572, 4023 Proposed Rules 400...... 3573, 3575 71...... 4012 1915 ...... 3826, 3834 4023 81...... 4013 1990 ...... 83...... 642, 2631 234 Pa. Code (Rules of Criminal Procedure) 85...... 642 Adopted Rules 89...... 642 1 ...... 4123 91...... 642 5 ...... 4124 93...... 642 10...... 4123 303...... 3203 307...... 3305 Proposed Rules 309...... 3409 6 ...... 3576 311...... 3417 237 Pa. Code (Juvenile Rules) 207 Pa. Code (Judicial Conduct) Adopted Rules Adopted Rules 1 ...... 4128 33...... 7, 197, 1239 11...... 4128 13...... 2389 Proposed Rules 51...... 4017 Proposed Rules 2 ...... 3836 210 Pa. Code (Appellate Procedure) 3 ...... 3836 Adopted Rules 5 ...... 3838 1 ...... 505, 535 6 ...... 3838 3 ...... 505 5 ...... 505 246 Pa. Code (Minor Court Civil Rules) 7 ...... 505 Adopted Rules 9 ...... 505, 535 200...... 2252 11...... 535 300...... 2252 13...... 505, 535 400...... 2252 15...... 505 500...... 2252 16...... 505 17...... 505, 535 Proposed Rules 19...... 505 300...... 3104 23...... 535 27...... 505 249 Pa. Code (Philadelphia Rules) 33...... 505, 535 Unclassified ...... 788, 1503, 3578 37...... 651 252 Pa. Code (Allegheny County Rules) 63...... 2013 Unclassified ...... 307 69...... 657 255 Pa. Code (Local Court Rules) Proposed Rules Unclassified ...... 199, 200, 667, 790, 904, 912, 913, 1 ...... 3823 914, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1350, 1503, 1504, 1505, 1506, 1647, 3 ...... 303 1648, 1827, 1829, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2736, 2925, 3011, 9 ...... 3823 3106, 3308, 3579, 3710, 3711, 4031 11...... 3823

PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 50, NO. 33, AUGUST 15, 2020 4123 THE COURTS holding a defendant for court in those cases in which it is Title 234—RULES OF permissible to proceed without a preliminary hearing and, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE therefore, without specifically holding the defendant for court. See Pa.Rs.Crim.P. 541, 550(D), 561, 565, 1010. In [ 234 PA. CODE CHS. 1 AND 10 ] addition, the rule is intended to apply to de novo proceed- ings in the common pleas courts on appeals in summary Order Amending Rules 115 and 1012 of the Penn- cases. For application of the rule to proceedings in the sylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure; No. 522 Philadelphia Municipal Court, see Pa.R.Crim.P. 1012(A). Criminal Procedural Rules Doc. The rule is not intended to preclude adoption of local rules of court providing that arraignment need not be Order recorded, see Pa.R.Crim.P. 571, nor it is intended to Per Curiam modify any Rules of Criminal Procedure that specifically And Now, this 3rd day of August, 2020, upon the prohibit the recording or transcribing of all or part of a recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Com- proceeding. See Pa.R.Crim.P. 313. In addition, the rule is mittee; the proposal not having been published before not meant to preclude the use of recording devices for the adoption in the interests of justice and efficient adminis- preservation of testimony under Pa.Rs.Crim.P. 500 and tration, and a Final Report to be published with this 501. Order: [ Paragraph (B) of the rule is intended to author- It Is Ordered pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the ize courts to require transcription of only such Constitution of Pennsylvania that Pennsylvania Rules of portions of the record, if any, as are needed to Criminal Procedure 115 and 1012 are amended, in the review claims of error ] Paragraph (B) is not in- following form. tended to preclude the court from ordering a tran- This Order shall be processed in accordance with script in the absence of a request. Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective October 1, Paragraph (C) provides a method for correcting [ and 2020. modifying ] transcripts and correcting or modifying Annex A the record before appeal by incorporating Pa.R.A.P. TITLE 234. RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 1922(c) and Pa.R.A.P. 1926, which otherwise [ applies ] apply only after an appeal has been taken. It is CHAPTER 1. SCOPE OF RULES, CONSTRUCTION [ AND DEFINITIONS, LOCAL RULES intended that the same standards and procedures apply both before and after appeal. ] PART A. Business of the Courts Official Note: Rule 9030 adopted April 24, 1981, Rule 115. Recording and Transcribing Court Pro- effective July 1, 1981; Comment revised March 22, 1989, ceedings. effective July 1, 1989; renumbered Rule 115 and amended (A) In court cases, after a defendant has been held for March 1, 2000, effective April 1, 2001; amended August court, proceedings in open court shall be recorded. 3, 2020, effective October 1, 2020. (B) [ Upon the motion of any party, upon its own Committee Explanatory Reports: motion, or as required by law, the court shall Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganiza- determine and designate those portions of the re- tion and renumbering of the rules published with the cord, if any, that are to be transcribed ] The tran- Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B. 1478 (March 18, 2000). script shall be requested in accordance with Final Report explaining the August 3, 2020 Pa.R.J.A. No. 4007. amendment regarding requests for transcripts pur- (C) At any time before an appeal is taken the [ court suant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 4007 published with the may correct or modify the record ] transcript may Court’s Order at 50 Pa.B. 4124 (August 15, 2020). be corrected, and the record may be corrected or CHAPTER 10. RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE modified, in the same manner as is provided by [ Rule ] FOR THE PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL COURT Rules 1922(c) and 1926 of the Pennsylvania Rules of AND THE PHILADELPHIA MUNICIPAL COURT Appellate Procedure. TRAFFIC DIVISION Comment PART A. Philadelphia Municipal Court Procedures Some form of record or transcript is necessary to permit Rule 1012. Recording and Transcribing Municipal meaningful consideration of claims of error and an ad- Court Proceedings; Admissibility of Testimony at equate effective appellate review. See, e.g., Pa.Rs.A.P. Trial De Novo. 1922, 1923, 1924; Commonwealth v. Fields, 387 A.2d 83 (A) Rule 115 and Pa.R.J.A. No. 4007, relating to the (Pa. 1978); Commonwealth v. Shields, 383 A.2d 844 (Pa. recording and transcribing of court proceedings, shall 1978). No substantive change in law is intended by this apply to Municipal Court case proceedings after the rule, rather it is intended to provide a mechanism to preliminary arraignment or, when a defendant appears insure appropriate recording and transcribing of court pursuant to a summons, after the defendant’s first ap- proceedings. For repeal of statutory provisions on this pearance. subject, see Judiciary Act Repealer Act § 2(a); 42 P.S. (B) No testimony produced at the Municipal Court trial §§ 20002(a) (897), (944). or at any pretrial hearing in the Municipal Court shall be The rule is intended also to apply to proceedings that admissible at the trial de novo except in those cases in occur after the action that is the functional equivalent of which the defendant was represented by counsel and had

PENNSYLVANIA BULLETIN, VOL. 50, NO. 33, AUGUST 15, 2020 4124 THE COURTS the opportunity to cross examine, and the witness after- correct or supplement the transcript after an appeal has wards dies, or is out of the jurisdiction so that the been taken. Accordingly, Rule 115(C) has been amended witness cannot be effectively served with a subpoena, or to permit correction of transcripts pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. cannot be found, or becomes incompetent to testify for 1922(c), together with permitted correction or modifica- any legally sufficient reason properly proven. tion of the record pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 1926, prior to Official Note: Rule 6012 adopted December 30, 1968, appeal. Additional revisions have also been incorporated effective January 1, 1969; amended April 24, 1981, effec- to add consistency and improve the readability of the tive July 1, 1981; renumbered Rule 1012 and amended rules. March 1, 2000, effective April 1, 2001; amended August The other Rule of Criminal Procedure implicated was 3, 2020, effective October 1, 2020. Rule 1012 that governs transcripts in the Philadelphia Committee Explanatory Reports: Municipal Court. Rule 1012 provides that Rule 115 shall apply to the recording and transcribing of Municipal Final Report explaining the March 1, 2000 reorganiza- Court case proceedings. Since Rule 115(A), regarding tion and renumbering of the rules published with the recording of proceedings, remains unchanged, the Com- Court’s Order at 30 Pa.B. 1478 (March 18, 2000). mittee concluded that the cross-reference to that rule Final Report explaining the August 3, 2020 should remain in Rule 1012. An additional cross-reference amendment regarding requests for transcripts pur- to Pa.R.J.A. 4007 has been added to Rule 1012 to direct suant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 4007 published with the readers to the procedures for requesting transcripts. Court’s Order at 50 Pa.B. 4124 (August 15, 2020). [Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1096. Filed for public inspection August 14, 2020, 9:00 a.m.] FINAL REPORT1 Amendments to Pa.Rs.Crim.P. 115 and 1012 REQUEST FOR TRANSCRIPTS On August 3, 2020, effective October 1, 2020, upon the Title 234—RULES OF recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Com- mittee, the Court amended Rules 115 (Recording and CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Transcribing Court Proceedings) and 1012 (Recording and Transcribing Municipal Court Proceedings; Admissibility [ 234 PA. CODE CH. 5 ] of Testimony at Trial De Novo) to correct the reference to Order Amending Rule 576.1 of the Pennsylvania the procedures for requesting transcripts that are now contained in Pennsylvania Rule of Judicial Administra- Rules of Criminal Procedure; No. 521 Criminal tion 4007. Procedural Rules Doc. On August 12, 2016, the Uniform Rules Governing Order Court Reporting and Transcripts contained in the Penn- sylvania Rules of Judicial Administration, Pa.Rs.J.A. Per Curiam 4001—4016 were amended. The Committee identified two Rules of Criminal Procedure that were impacted by these And Now, this 3rd day of August, 2020, upon the amendments. Foremost was Rule 115(B), which provides recommendation of the Criminal Procedural Rules Com- for the motions to transcribe court proceedings and has mittee; the proposal not having been published b