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AL HB200
Bill
Status
2/11/2020
Primary Sponsor
William Poole
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AI Summary
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Creates an additional district judgeship (District Judgeship Number 3) for the Sixth Judicial Circuit in Tuscaloosa County, conditioned on the county commission adopting a resolution to fund the judge's compensation and benefits for the first 24 months.
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The district judgeship must also fund a judicial assistant for the new judge during the first 24 months.
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The judge will be elected at the November 2022 general election and will serve a six-year term beginning the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after election.
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The elected judge will have the same jurisdiction, powers, qualifications, duties, and responsibilities as other district judges in the circuit.
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Judge compensation follows 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.
Legislative Description
Tuscaloosa Co., 6th Judicial Circuit, additional district judge, conditioned on funding for compensation and benefits by county commission, election
Tuscaloosa County
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
2/11/2020