§ 7.111. Appellate court vacancies.

 (a)  Duties of the General Counsel. When a vacancy exists or occurs on the Supreme Court, the Superior Court or the Commonwealth Court, under circumstances in which the Governor is required or empowered to fill the vacancy by appointment, the General Counsel shall:

   (1)  Seek qualified candidates to be recommended for appointment to fill the vacancy.

   (2)  Accept and consider applications for recommendation for appointment to fill the vacancy.

   (3)  Recommend for consideration by the Governor those individuals who, in the General Counsel’s judgment, are qualified to serve as justices of the Supreme Court or as judges of the Superior Court or Commonwealth Court.

 (b)  Standards. A candidate will not be designated as qualified unless the candidate possesses the qualifications mandated by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth and possesses the personal qualifications of character, integrity, experience, competence and temperament necessary to qualify for the judiciary.

 (c)  Nomination. For each vacancy the Governor will submit the name of a qualified person to the Senate of Pennsylvania pursuant to the Constitution of Pennsylvania.

   The provisions of this §  7.111 adopted by Executive Order No. 1979-1, dated February 6, 1979, effective February 6, 1979, 9 Pa.B. 543; amended by Executive Order No. 1987-11, dated May 13, 1987, effective May 13, 1987, 17 Pa.B. 3103; amended by Executive Order No. 1995-1, dated February 27, 1995, 25 Pa.B. 1076. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (160997) to (160998).