Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB103 Compare Versions

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1	1	1 SB103
2	2	2 215516-2
3	3	3 By Senators Givhan, Elliott, Barfoot, Livingston, Butler and
4	4	4 Scofield
5	5	5 RFD: Judiciary
6	6	6 First Read: 18-JAN-22
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15	15	8 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create an additional circuit
16	16	9 judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship Number
17	17	10 8, in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit comprised
18	18	11 of Madison County, an additional circuit judgeship,
19	19	12 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 4, in the
20	20	13 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Autauga,
21	21	14 Chilton, and Elmore Counties, and an additional
22	22	15 circuit judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship
23	23	16 Number 6, in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit
24	24	17 comprised of Baldwin County.
25	25	18 This bill would provide for the authority of
26	26	19 the judges and for the compensation and benefits of
27	27	20 the judges.
28	28	21 This bill would further provide for the
29	29	22 reallocation of circuit judgeships by the Judicial
30	30	23 Resources Allocation Commission.
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32	32	25 A BILL
33	33	26 TO BE ENTITLED
34	34	27 AN ACT
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36	36	2 To provide for an additional circuit judgeship in
37	37	3 the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit comprised of Madison County;
38	38	4 to provide for an additional circuit judgeship in the
39	39	5 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Autauga, Chilton, and
40	40	6 Elmore Counties; to provide for an additional circuit
41	41	7 judgeship in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit comprised of
42	42	8 Baldwin County; to provide for the authority of the judges and
43	43	9 for the compensation and benefit of the judges; and to further
44	44	10 provide for the reallocation of vacant circuit judgeships.
45	45	11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
46	46	12 Section 1. (a) There is created an additional
47	47	13 circuit judgeship for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit which
48	48	14 shall be designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 8.
49	49	15 (b) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
50	50	16 for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit which shall be designated
51	51	17 as Circuit Judgeship Number 4. The judge appointed or elected
52	52	18 to Judgeship Number 4 may reside in any county within the
53	53	19 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.
54	54	20 (c) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
55	55	21 for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit which shall be
56	56	22 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 6.
57	57	23 (d) Circuit Judgeship Number 8 in the Twenty-third
58	58	24 Judicial Circuit, Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in the Nineteenth
59	59	25 Judicial Circuit, and Circuit Judgeship Number 6 in the
60	60	26 Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit shall be filled in January 2023
61	61	27 in accordance with the law in effect on that date.
62	62	Page 2 1 (e) The initial judges appointed or elected to the
63	63	2 additional circuit judgeships created pursuant to subsections
64	64	3 (a), (b), and (c) shall serve pursuant to Section 153 of the
65	65	4 Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
66	66	5 (f) The initial judges appointed or elected to the
67	67	6 additional circuit judgeships created pursuant to subsections
68	68	7 (a), (b), and (c) shall have and shall exercise all the
69	69	8 jurisdiction, power, rights, and authority and shall possess
70	70	9 all of the qualifications, perform all of the duties, and
71	71	10 shall be subject to all of the responsibilities and duties of
72	72	11 the office to which other circuit judges are subject.
73	73	12 (g) The annual compensation of the additional
74	74	13 circuit judges appointed or elected pursuant to subsections
75	75	14 (a), (b), and (c) shall be in accordance with Chapter 10A of
76	76	15 Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, including, but not limited to,
77	77	16 the provision that no circuit judge first appointed or elected
78	78	17 to office after October 1, 2001, shall be provided a salary
79	79	18 supplement or expense allowance.
80	80	19 Section 2. Notwithstanding Section 12-9A-2, Code of
81	81	20 Alabama 1975, or any other law to the contrary, the Judicial
82	82	21 Resources Allocation Commission shall reallocate the first
83	83	22 circuit judgeship that becomes vacant after the effective date
84	84	23 of this act to the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit. Thereafter,
85	85	24 the commission may reallocate any subsequent circuit judgeship
86	86	25 that becomes vacant as provided under existing law.
87	87	Page 3 1 Section 3. This act shall become effective January
88	88	2 1, 2023, following its passage and approval by the Governor,
89	89	3 or its otherwise becoming law.
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