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AL SB52
Bill
Status
2/7/2017
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 (Lee County).
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Requires the judge to be elected at the November 2018 general election or the next general election thereafter.
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The first elected judge 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 jurisdiction, powers, rights, authority, qualifications, and duties of other circuit judges in the circuit.
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Compensation shall be determined 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
2/7/2017