1 SB103
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3 By Senators Givhan, Elliott, Barfoot, Livingston, Butler and
4 Scofield
5 RFD: Judiciary
6 First Read: 18-JAN-22
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8 SYNOPSIS: This bill would create an additional circuit
9 judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship Number
10 8, in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit comprised
11 of Madison County, an additional circuit judgeship,
12 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 4, in the
13 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Autauga,
14 Chilton, and Elmore Counties, and an additional
15 circuit judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship
16 Number 6, in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit
17 comprised of Baldwin County.
18 This bill would provide for the authority of
19 the judges and for the compensation and benefits of
20 the judges.
21 This bill would further provide for the
22 reallocation of circuit judgeships by the Judicial
23 Resources Allocation Commission.
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25 A BILL
26 TO BE ENTITLED
27 AN ACT
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2 To provide for an additional circuit judgeship in
3 the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit comprised of Madison County;
4 to provide for an additional circuit judgeship in the
5 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Autauga, Chilton, and
6 Elmore Counties; to provide for an additional circuit
7 judgeship in the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit comprised of
8 Baldwin County; to provide for the authority of the judges and
9 for the compensation and benefit of the judges; and to further
10 provide for the reallocation of vacant circuit judgeships.
11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
12 Section 1. (a) There is created an additional
13 circuit judgeship for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit which
14 shall be designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 8.
15 (b) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
16 for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit which shall be designated
17 as Circuit Judgeship Number 4. The judge appointed or elected
18 to Judgeship Number 4 may reside in any county within the
19 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.
20 (c) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
21 for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit which shall be
22 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 6.
23 (d) Circuit Judgeship Number 8 in the Twenty-third
24 Judicial Circuit, Circuit Judgeship Number 4 in the Nineteenth
25 Judicial Circuit, and Circuit Judgeship Number 6 in the
26 Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit shall be filled in January 2023
27 in accordance with the law in effect on that date.
Page 2 1 (e) The initial judges appointed or elected to the
2 additional circuit judgeships created pursuant to subsections
3 (a), (b), and (c) shall serve pursuant to Section 153 of the
4 Constitution of Alabama of 1901.
5 (f) The initial judges appointed or elected to the
6 additional circuit judgeships created pursuant to subsections
7 (a), (b), and (c) shall have and shall exercise all the
8 jurisdiction, power, rights, and authority and shall possess
9 all of the qualifications, perform all of the duties, and
10 shall be subject to all of the responsibilities and duties of
11 the office to which other circuit judges are subject.
12 (g) The annual compensation of the additional
13 circuit judges appointed or elected pursuant to subsections
14 (a), (b), and (c) shall be in accordance with Chapter 10A of
15 Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, including, but not limited to,
16 the provision that no circuit judge first appointed or elected
17 to office after October 1, 2001, shall be provided a salary
18 supplement or expense allowance.
19 Section 2. Notwithstanding Section 12-9A-2, Code of
20 Alabama 1975, or any other law to the contrary, the Judicial
21 Resources Allocation Commission shall reallocate the first
22 circuit judgeship that becomes vacant after the effective date
23 of this act to the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit. Thereafter,
24 the commission may reallocate any subsequent circuit judgeship
25 that becomes vacant as provided under existing law.
Page 3 1 Section 3. This act shall become effective January
2 1, 2023, following its passage and approval by the Governor,
3 or its otherwise becoming law.
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