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AL SB161
Bill
Status
1/11/2018
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 comprised of Lee County.
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Judge shall be elected at the November 2018 general election or the next general election thereafter, with the first elected judge serving a six-year term.
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The elected judge shall possess all qualifications, jurisdiction, powers, rights, authority, and duties of other circuit judges in the circuit.
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Annual compensation shall be provided in accordance with Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, with no salary supplements or expense allowances for judges first elected or appointed after October 1, 2001.
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The act becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.
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
1/11/2018