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AL SB368
Bill
Status
4/9/2015
Primary Sponsor
Thomas Whatley
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AI Summary
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Creates an additional circuit judgeship for the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit in Lee County, designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 4.
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Judge shall be elected at the general election in November 2016 or the next general election thereafter, with the first judge serving a six-year term beginning the first Monday after the second Tuesday in January.
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Newly elected judge shall have all jurisdiction, powers, rights, authority, and qualifications 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 provided to judges first elected or appointed after October 1, 2001.
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Act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law.
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
4/9/2015