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AL SB137
Bill
Status
3/19/2019
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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The judge shall be elected at the November 2020 general election or the next general election thereafter.
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The first judge elected shall serve a six-year term, taking office the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after election.
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The elected judge shall possess all jurisdiction, power, rights, authority, qualifications, and duties of other circuit judges in the same manner.
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Annual compensation shall be determined in accordance with Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, with no salary supplements or expense allowances for judges first elected 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
3/19/2019