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AL SB356

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2013

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Whatley

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2013

AI Summary

  • Creates an additional circuit judgeship designated Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit comprised of Lee County.

  • The judge shall be elected at the November 2014 general election or the next general election thereafter, provided the judgeship has been precleared under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

  • The first judge elected to Circuit Judgeship Number 4 shall serve a six-year term, beginning the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after election.

  • The elected judge shall possess all qualifications, jurisdiction, powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities of other circuit judges in the circuit.

  • Annual compensation shall be governed by Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, with no salary supplement or expense allowance for judges first elected or appointed after October 1, 2001.

Legislative Description

Lee Co., additional circuit judge, conditioned on funding for compensation and benefits by county commission, election

Judicial Circuits

Last Action

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund

3/14/2013

Committee Referrals

Finance and Taxation General Fund3/14/2013

Full Bill Text

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