Alabama 2022 Regular Session

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1	1		1 SB265
2		-	2 217543-2
	2	+	2 217543-1
3	3		3 By Senator Smitherman
4	4		4 RFD: Finance and Taxation General Fund
5	5		5 First Read: 01-MAR-22
6	6
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8		-	1 SB265
9		-	2
10		-	3
11		-	4 ENROLLED, An Act,
12		-	5 Relating to Jefferson County; to amend Section
13		-	6 45-37-82.01, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the
14		-	7 appointment of additional assistant district attorneys in the
15		-	8 Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division.
16		-	9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
17		-	10 Section 1. Section 45-37-82.01, Code of Alabama
18		-	11 1975, is amended to read as follows:
19		-	12 "§45-37-82.01.
20		-	13 "(a) In the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer
21		-	14 Division, the elected assistant district attorney of the
22		-	15 circuit may appoint 15 16 deputy district attorneys. The
23		-	16 deputy district attorneys appointed pursuant to this section
24		-	17 shall be qualified to practice law in the courts of this
25		-	18 state, and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
26		-	19 elected assistant district attorney. The deputy district
27		-	20 attorneys shall be state officers and shall perform the duties
28		-	21 in the circuit as the elected assistant district attorney may
29		-	22 require.
30		-	23 "(b) The elected assistant district attorney may
31		-	24 designate one deputy district attorney to serve as chief
32		-	25 deputy district attorney, four deputy district attorneys to
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34		-	1 serve as Level I deputy district attorneys, five deputy
35		-	2 district attorneys to serve as Level II deputy district
36		-	3 attorneys, and five six deputy district attorneys to serve as
37		-	4 Level III deputy district attorneys.
38		-	5 "(c) The total annual compensation to be received by
39		-	6 each deputy district attorney shall be computed by the use of
40		-	7 levels and steps. Levels shall refer to the amount of legal
41		-	8 experience which each deputy district attorney had at the time
42		-	9 of appointment to the office. It is intended to entitle an
43		-	10 attorney with applicable legal experience to commence the
44		-	11 office at a higher rate of pay than one who has less
45		-	12 applicable legal experience. Steps shall refer to the amount
46		-	13 of time that the deputy district attorney has served in the
47		-	14 office as deputy district attorney or the length of time that
48		-	15 the officer shall continue. It is intended by this provision
49		-	16 to allow periodic increases in pay as incentive for the
50		-	17 officer to continue to serve in the office; however, the
51		-	18 elected assistant district attorney shall have the authority
52		-	19 to designate the level and step, at the time of appointment,
53		-	20 of any appointed deputy district attorneys authorized by this
54		-	21 section.
55		-	22 "(d) The annual compensation to be paid the chief
56		-	23 deputy district attorney, one deputy district attorney
57		-	24 designated as Level I deputy district attorney, one deputy
58		-	25 district attorney designated as Level II deputy district
59		-	Page 2 SB265
60		-	1 attorney, and one deputy district attorney designated as Level
61		-	2 III deputy district attorney shall be as provided in the
62		-	3 schedule of salaries set out in subsection (g). Of the total
63		-	4 annual compensation to be paid each of the four deputy
64		-	5 district attorneys, each shall be paid an annual salary by the
65		-	6 State of Alabama of twelve thousand nine hundred dollars
66		-	7 ($12,900), payable from the general funds of the state in
67		-	8 equal installments as the salaries of other state officers are
68		-	9 paid. The remainder of the annual compensation as provided in
69		-	10 the schedule of salaries set out in subsection (g), of each of
70		-	11 the four deputy district attorneys, shall be paid by the
71		-	12 county within the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which sum shall be
72		-	13 paid from the general funds of the county, in equal
73		-	14 semimonthly installments as the salaries of other county
74		-	15 officers are paid.
75		-	16 "(e) The annual compensation to be paid to three
76		-	17 deputy district attorneys designated as Level I deputy
77		-	18 district attorneys, four deputy district attorneys designated
78		-	19 as Level II deputy district attorneys, and four five deputy
79		-	20 district attorneys designated as Level III deputy district
80		-	21 attorneys shall be as provided in the schedule of salaries set
81		-	22 out in subsection (g). The compensation shall be paid by the
82		-	23 county within the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which sum shall be
83		-	24 paid from the general funds of the county, in equal
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85		-	1 semimonthly installments as the salaries of other officers are
86		-	2 paid.
87		-	3 "(f) The deputy district attorneys appointed by the
88		-	4 elected assistant district attorney to serve in the positions
89		-	5 identified in subsection (b) shall be compensated at the rate
90		-	6 consistent with their appointment in accordance with the
91		-	7 schedule of salaries set out by subsection (g). Thereafter,
92		-	8 increases in compensation for each deputy district attorney
93		-	9 may be made annually within the grade scale set out in the
94		-	10 schedule of salaries in subsection (g), provided the
95		-	11 performance of the deputy district attorney has been
96		-	12 satisfactory to the elected assistant district attorney. The
97		-	13 elected assistant district attorney shall also have the
98		-	14 authority to assign any of the deputy district attorneys to
99		-	15 the Level I, Level II, and Level III positions as the elected
100		-	16 assistant district attorney deems appropriate, within the
101		-	17 limitations of subsection (b).
102		-	18 "(g) The schedule of salaries, referred to below,
103		-	19 consisting of levels and steps, shall be as follows:
104		-	Attorneys20 Chief Level I Level II Level III
105		-	Step 121 103,000 78,000 57,500 38,000
106		-	Step 222 105,000 80,000 59,000 39,500
107		-	Step 323 107,000 82,000 60,500 41,000
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109		-	Step 41 109,000 84,000 62,000 42,500
110		-	Step 52 111,000 86,000 63,500 44,000
111		-	Step 63 113,000 88,000 65,000 45,500
112		-	Step 74 115,000 90,000 66,500 47,000
113		-	Step 85 117,000 92,000 68,000 48,500
114		-	Step 96 119,000 94,000 69,500 50,000
115		-	Step 107 121,000 96,000 71,000 51,500
116		-	Step 118 123,000 98,000 72,500 53,000
117		-	Step 129 125,000 100,000 74,000 54,500
118		-	"(h) The compensation provided by this section shall10
119		-	11 become effective on October 1, 1997. The county governing body
120		-	12 of the county or counties within the Tenth Judicial Circuit
121		-	13 may increase the compensation payable by the county or
122		-	14 counties within the Tenth Judicial Circuit as provided in the
123		-	15 schedule of salaries at any time by resolution of the
124		-	16 governing body. Upon passage of the resolution, the additional
125		-	17 compensation shall be paid from the general funds of the
126		-	18 county in semimonthly installments as the salaries of other
127		-	19 county officers are paid.
128		-	20 (i) On or after the effective date of this act
129		-	21 adding this amendatory language, subject to approval by the
130		-	22 Jefferson County Commission, an additional deputy district
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132		-	1 attorney designated as a Level III deputy district attorney,
133		-	2 shall be appointed and compensated in accordance with this
134		-	3 section."
135		-	4 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
136		-	5 first day of the third month following its passage and
137		-	6 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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141	9		3
142	10		4
143		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
144		-
145	11		5
146		-	6 Speaker of the House of Representatives
147		-	SB2657
148		-	8 Senate 31-MAR-22
149		-	9 I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
150		-	10 the Senate.
151		-	11
152		-	12 Patrick Harris,
153		-	13 Secretary.
154		-	14
155		-	15
156		-	16
157		-	17 House of Representatives
158		-	18 Amended and passed 07-APR-22
159		-	19
160		-	20
161		-	21 Senate concurred in House amendment 07-APR-22
162		-	22
163		-	23
164		-	24 By: Senator Smitherman
165		-	Page 7
	12	+	6
	13	+	7
	14	+	8
	15	+	9 A BILL
	16	+	10 TO BE ENTITLED
	17	+	11 AN ACT
	18	+	12
	19	+	13 Relating to Jefferson County; to amend Section
	20	+	14 45-37-82.01, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the
	21	+	15 appointment of additional assistant district attorneys in the
	22	+	16 Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division.
	23	+	17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	24	+	18 Section 1. Section 45-37-82.01, Code of Alabama
	25	+	19 1975, is amended to read as follows:
	26	+	20 "§45-37-82.01.
	27	+	21 "(a) In the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer
	28	+	22 Division, the elected assistant district attorney of the
	29	+	23 circuit may appoint 15 16 deputy district attorneys. The
	30	+	24 deputy district attorneys appointed pursuant to this section
	31	+	25 shall be qualified to practice law in the courts of this
	32	+	26 state, and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
	33	+	27 elected assistant district attorney. The deputy district
	34	+	Page 1 1 attorneys shall be state officers and shall perform the duties
	35	+	2 in the circuit as the elected assistant district attorney may
	36	+	3 require.
	37	+	4 "(b) The elected assistant district attorney may
	38	+	5 designate one deputy district attorney to serve as chief
	39	+	6 deputy district attorney, four deputy district attorneys to
	40	+	7 serve as Level I deputy district attorneys, five deputy
	41	+	8 district attorneys to serve as Level II deputy district
	42	+	9 attorneys, and five six deputy district attorneys to serve as
	43	+	10 Level III deputy district attorneys.
	44	+	11 "(c) The total annual compensation to be received by
	45	+	12 each deputy district attorney shall be computed by the use of
	46	+	13 levels and steps. Levels shall refer to the amount of legal
	47	+	14 experience which each deputy district attorney had at the time
	48	+	15 of appointment to the office. It is intended to entitle an
	49	+	16 attorney with applicable legal experience to commence the
	50	+	17 office at a higher rate of pay than one who has less
	51	+	18 applicable legal experience. Steps shall refer to the amount
	52	+	19 of time that the deputy district attorney has served in the
	53	+	20 office as deputy district attorney or the length of time that
	54	+	21 the officer shall continue. It is intended by this provision
	55	+	22 to allow periodic increases in pay as incentive for the
	56	+	23 officer to continue to serve in the office; however, the
	57	+	24 elected assistant district attorney shall have the authority
	58	+	25 to designate the level and step, at the time of appointment,
	59	+	26 of any appointed deputy district attorneys authorized by this
	60	+	27 section.
	61	+	Page 2 1 "(d) The annual compensation to be paid the chief
	62	+	2 deputy district attorney, one deputy district attorney
	63	+	3 designated as Level I deputy district attorney, one deputy
	64	+	4 district attorney designated as Level II deputy district
	65	+	5 attorney, and one deputy district attorney designated as Level
	66	+	6 III deputy district attorney shall be as provided in the
	67	+	7 schedule of salaries set out in subsection (g). Of the total
	68	+	8 annual compensation to be paid each of the four deputy
	69	+	9 district attorneys, each shall be paid an annual salary by the
	70	+	10 State of Alabama of twelve thousand nine hundred dollars
	71	+	11 ($12,900), payable from the general funds of the state in
	72	+	12 equal installments as the salaries of other state officers are
	73	+	13 paid. The remainder of the annual compensation as provided in
	74	+	14 the schedule of salaries set out in subsection (g), of each of
	75	+	15 the four deputy district attorneys, shall be paid by the
	76	+	16 county within the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which sum shall be
	77	+	17 paid from the general funds of the county, in equal
	78	+	18 semimonthly installments as the salaries of other county
	79	+	19 officers are paid.
	80	+	20 "(e) The annual compensation to be paid to three
	81	+	21 deputy district attorneys designated as Level I deputy
	82	+	22 district attorneys, four deputy district attorneys designated
	83	+	23 as Level II deputy district attorneys, and four five deputy
	84	+	24 district attorneys designated as Level III deputy district
	85	+	25 attorneys shall be as provided in the schedule of salaries set
	86	+	26 out in subsection (g). The compensation shall be paid by the
	87	+	27 county within the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which sum shall be
	88	+	Page 3 1 paid from the general funds of the county, in equal
	89	+	2 semimonthly installments as the salaries of other officers are
	90	+	3 paid.
	91	+	4 "(f) The deputy district attorneys appointed by the
	92	+	5 elected assistant district attorney to serve in the positions
	93	+	6 identified in subsection (b) shall be compensated at the rate
	94	+	7 consistent with their appointment in accordance with the
	95	+	8 schedule of salaries set out by subsection (g). Thereafter,
	96	+	9 increases in compensation for each deputy district attorney
	97	+	10 may be made annually within the grade scale set out in the
	98	+	11 schedule of salaries in subsection (g), provided the
	99	+	12 performance of the deputy district attorney has been
	100	+	13 satisfactory to the elected assistant district attorney. The
	101	+	14 elected assistant district attorney shall also have the
	102	+	15 authority to assign any of the deputy district attorneys to
	103	+	16 the Level I, Level II, and Level III positions as the elected
	104	+	17 assistant district attorney deems appropriate, within the
	105	+	18 limitations of subsection (b).
	106	+	19 "(g) The schedule of salaries, referred to below,
	107	+	20 consisting of levels and steps, shall be as follows:
	108	+	Attorneys21 Chief Level I Level II Level III
	109	+	Step 122 103,000 78,000 57,500 38,000
	110	+	Step 223 105,000 80,000 59,000 39,500
	111	+	Step 324 107,000 82,000 60,500 41,000
	112	+	Step 425 109,000 84,000 62,000 42,500
	113	+	Page 4 Step 51 111,000 86,000 63,500 44,000
	114	+	Step 62 113,000 88,000 65,000 45,500
	115	+	Step 73 115,000 90,000 66,500 47,000
	116	+	Step 84 117,000 92,000 68,000 48,500
	117	+	Step 95 119,000 94,000 69,500 50,000
	118	+	Step 106 121,000 96,000 71,000 51,500
	119	+	Step 117 123,000 98,000 72,500 53,000
	120	+	Step 128 125,000 100,000 74,000 54,500
	121	+	"(h) The compensation provided by this section shall9
	122	+	10 become effective on October 1, 1997. The county governing body
	123	+	11 of the county or counties within the Tenth Judicial Circuit
	124	+	12 may increase the compensation payable by the county or
	125	+	13 counties within the Tenth Judicial Circuit as provided in the
	126	+	14 schedule of salaries at any time by resolution of the
	127	+	15 governing body. Upon passage of the resolution, the additional
	128	+	16 compensation shall be paid from the general funds of the
	129	+	17 county in semimonthly installments as the salaries of other
	130	+	18 county officers are paid."
	131	+	19 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
	132	+	20 first day of the third month following its passage and
	133	+	21 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
	134	+	Page 5