SB561 Summary

• Authorizes the Alabama Legislature to enact local laws providing for nonpartisan elections of circuit and district judges in specific counties or judicial circuits.

• Requires a petition signed by at least a majority of circuit judges in the affected county to be presented to the county commission before the Legislature can enact such a local law.

• Overrides existing provisions of Title 17, Code of Alabama 1975 to allow for this nonpartisan election option.

• Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor, or upon becoming law without gubernatorial action.