HB11 Summary

• Creates Circuit Judgeship Number 7 in the Sixth Judicial Circuit for Tuscaloosa County, conditioned on the county commission adopting a resolution to fund compensation and benefits for the first 24 months.

• The new judgeship requires funding for the judge's salary, a judicial assistant, and a court reporter for the first 24 months.

• The judge shall be elected at the November 2016 general election, provided the judgeship receives preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the county commission adopts the required funding resolution.

• The first judge elected shall serve a six-year term beginning the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after the 2016 general election.

• The circuit judge shall have all jurisdiction, power, and qualifications of other circuit judges and shall receive compensation according to Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, with no salary supplement or expense allowance.