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AL HB689
Bill
Status
5/21/2015
Primary Sponsor
Stephen Hurst
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AI Summary
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Amends Section 34-3-14 of the Code of Alabama 1975 to clarify restrictions on deputy sheriffs practicing law.
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Prohibits deputy sheriffs from practicing criminal law or acting as an attorney in any case involving criminal law.
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Maintains existing prohibition that sheriffs and judges of courts of record cannot practice law.
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Preserves existing restrictions on circuit court clerks, registers, and probate court clerks from practicing in their respective courts.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and gubernatorial approval or upon becoming law.
Legislative Description
Sheriff, deputies who are attorneys, authorized to practice civil law, Sec. 34-3-14 am'd.
Attorneys
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
5/21/2015