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AL SB356
Bill
Status
3/14/2013
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Whatley
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AI Summary
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Creates an additional circuit judgeship designated Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit comprised of Lee County.
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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.
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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.
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The elected judge shall possess all qualifications, jurisdiction, powers, rights, duties, and responsibilities of other circuit judges in the circuit.
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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