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AL SB493
Bill
Status
3/3/2010
Primary Sponsor
Hinton Mitchem
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AI Summary
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Creates an additional circuit judgeship, designated as judgeship number 2, in the Forty-first Judicial Circuit comprised of Blount County.
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The initial circuit judge will be elected at the general election in 2012 following preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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The first judge elected will serve a six-year term, beginning the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after the election.
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The elected judge will possess all jurisdiction, powers, qualifications, and duties of other circuit judges and will be subject to compensation provisions under Chapter 10A, Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975.
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The State General Fund will appropriate such funds as necessary, as determined by the Director of Finance, to fully fund the additional judgeship beginning the fiscal year it is filled.
Legislative Description
Blount Co., 41st Judicial Circuit, additional circuit judge, election, appropriation
Judicial Circuits
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
3/3/2010