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AL SB99

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/2/2016

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Whatley

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2016

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 general election in November 2018 or the next general election thereafter.

  • The first judge elected shall serve a six-year term, taking office the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after election.

  • The Circuit Judgeship Number 4 judge shall have all jurisdiction, powers, rights, authority, qualifications, and duties of other circuit judges in the circuit.

  • Compensation shall be in accordance with 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 Judiciary

2/2/2016

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/2/2016

Full Bill Text

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