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Alabama Senate Bill SB144

Alabama 2023 Regular Session

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1313 SYNOPSIS:
1414 This bill would create three additional circuit
1515 judgeships and two additional district judgeships to be
1616 funded out of the State General Fund in Fiscal Year
1717 2024 as follows: an additional circuit judgeship,
1818 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 4, in the
1919 Eleventh Judicial Circuit comprised of Lauderdale
2020 County; an additional circuit judgeship, designated as
2121 Circuit Judgeship Number 4, in the Nineteenth Judicial
2222 Circuit comprised of Autauga, Chilton, and Elmore
2323 Counties; an additional circuit judgeship, designated
2424 as Circuit Judgeship Number 6, in the Twenty-eighth
2525 Judicial Circuit comprised of Baldwin County; an
2626 additional district judgeship, designated as District
2727 Judgedship Number 3, in Baldwin County; and an
2828 additional district judgeship, designated as District
2929 Judgeship Number 2, in DeKalb County.
3030 This bill would create three additional circuit
3131 judgeships and two additional district judgeships to be
3232 funded out of the State General Fund in Fiscal Year
3333 2025 as follows: an additional circuit judgeship,
3434 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 7, in the Sixth
3535 Judicial Circuit comprised of Tuscaloosa County; an
3636 additional circuit judgeship, designated as Circuit
3737 Judgeship Number 9, in the Twenty-third Judicial
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6767 Circuit comprised of Madison County; an additional
6868 circuit judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship
6969 Number 4, in the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit
7070 comprised of Lee County; an additional district
7171 judgeship, designated as District Judgeship Number 6,
7272 in Mobile County; and an additional district judgeship,
7373 designated as District Judgeship Number 3, in Shelby
7474 County.
7575 This bill would create two additional circuit
7676 judgeships and one additional district judgeship to be
7777 funded out of the State General Fund in Fiscal Year
7878 2026 as follows: an additional circuit judgeship,
7979 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 5, in the
8080 Nineteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Autauga,
8181 Chilton, and Elmore Counties; an additional circuit
8282 judgeship, designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 7, in
8383 the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit comprised of Baldwin
8484 County; and an additional district judgeship,
8585 designated as District Judegship Number 5, in Madison
8686 County.
8787 This bill would provide for the authority of the
8888 judges and for the compensation and benefits of the
8989 judges.
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122122 To provide for additional circuit judgeships and
123123 additional district judgeships to be funded out of the State
124124 General Fund in Fiscal Years 2024, 2025, and 2026; and to
125125 provide for the authority of the judges and for the
126126 compensation and benefits of the judges.
127127 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
128128 Section 1.(a)(1) There is created an additional circuit
129129 judgeship for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit which shall be
130130 designated as Judgeship Number 4.
131131 (2) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
132132 for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit which shall be designated
133133 as Circuit Judgeship Number 4. The judge elected to Judgeship
134134 Number 4 may reside in any county within the Nineteenth
135135 Judicial Circuit. The judge occupying Judgeship Number 4 shall
136136 be assigned to the domestic relations division of the circuit.
137137 (3) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
138138 for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit which shall be
139139 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 6.
140140 (4) There is created an additional district judgeship
141141 for Baldwin County which shall be designated as District
142142 Judgeship Number 3.
143143 (5) There is created an additional district judgeship
144144 for DeKalb County which shall be designated as District
145145 Judgeship Number 2.
146146 (b) The additional judgeships created pursuant to
147147 subsection (a) shall be filled at the next general election
148148 after the effective date of this act.
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178178 (c) The initial judges elected to the additional
179179 judgeships created pursuant to subsection (a) shall serve for
180180 a six-year term holding office from the first Monday following
181181 the second Tuesday in January after the general election at
182182 which the judges are elected.
183183 (d) The initial judges elected to the additional
184184 judgeships created pursuant to subsection (a) shall have and
185185 shall exercise all the jurisdiction, power, rights, and
186186 authority and shall possess all of the qualifications, perform
187187 all of the duties, and shall be subject to all of the
188188 responsibilities and duties of the office to which other
189189 judges are subject.
190190 (e) The annual compensation of the additional judges
191191 elected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in accordance with
192192 Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, including, but
193193 not limited to, the provision that no judge first elected or
194194 appointed to office after October 1, 2001, may be provided a
195195 salary supplement or expense allowance.
196196 (f) Funding for the additional judgeships created
197197 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made from the State
198198 General Fund appropriation to the Unified Judicial System
199199 commencing in Fiscal Year 2024.
200200 Section 2. (a)(1) There is created an additional
201201 circuit judgeship for the Sixth Judicial Circuit which shall
202202 be designated as Judgeship Number 7.
203203 (2) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
204204 for the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit which shall be
205205 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 9.
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235235 (3) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
236236 for the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit which shall be
237237 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 4.
238238 (4) There is created an additional district judgeship
239239 for Mobile County which shall be designated as District
240240 Judgeship Number 6.
241241 (5) There is created an additional district judgeship
242242 for Shelby County which shall be designated as District
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244244 (b) The additional judgeships created pursuant to
245245 subsection (a) shall be filled at the next general election
246246 after the effective date of this act.
247247 (c) The initial judges elected to the additional
248248 judgeships created pursuant to subsection (a) shall serve for
249249 a six-year term holding office from the first Monday following
250250 the second Tuesday in January after the general election at
251251 which the judges are elected.
252252 (d) The initial judges elected to the additional
253253 judgeships created pursuant to subsection (a) shall have and
254254 shall exercise all the jurisdiction, power, rights, and
255255 authority and shall possess all of the qualifications, perform
256256 all of the duties, and shall be subject to all of the
257257 responsibilities and duties of the office to which other
258258 judges are subject.
259259 (e) The annual compensation of the additional judges
260260 elected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in accordance with
261261 Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, including, but
262262 not limited to, the provision that no judge first elected or
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292292 appointed to office after October 1, 2001, may be provided a
293293 salary supplement or expense allowance.
294294 (f) Funding for the additional judgeships created
295295 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made from the State
296296 General Fund appropriation to the Unified Judicial System
297297 commencing in Fiscal Year 2025.
298298 Section 3. (a)(1) There is created an additional
299299 circuit judgeship for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit which
300300 shall be designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 5. The judge
301301 elected to Judgeship Number 5 may reside in any county within
302302 the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit.
303303 (2) There is created an additional circuit judgeship
304304 for the Twenty-eighth Judicial Circuit which shall be
305305 designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 7.
306306 (3) There is created an additional district judgeship
307307 for Madison County which shall be designated as District
308308 Judgeship Number 5.
309309 (b) The additional judgeships created pursuant to
310310 subsection (a) shall be filled at the next general election
311311 after the effective date of this act.
312312 (c) The initial judges elected to the additional
313313 judgeships created pursuant to subsection (a) shall serve for
314314 a six-year term holding office from the first Monday following
315315 the second Tuesday in January after the general election at
316316 which the judges are elected.
317317 (d) The initial judges elected to the additional
318318 judgeships created pursuant to subsection (a) shall have and
319319 shall exercise all the jurisdiction, power, rights, and
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350350 all of the duties, and shall be subject to all of the
351351 responsibilities and duties of the office to which other
352352 judges are subject.
353353 (e) The annual compensation of the additional judges
354354 elected pursuant to subsection (a) shall be in accordance with
355355 Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, including, but
356356 not limited to, the provision that no judge first elected or
357357 appointed to office after October 1, 2001, may be provided a
358358 salary supplement or expense allowance.
359359 (f) Funding for the additional judgeships created
360360 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be made from the State
361361 General Fund appropriation to the Unified Judicial System
362362 commencing in Fiscal Year 2026.
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364364 immediately, Section 2 shall become effective October 1, 2024,
365365 and Section 3 shall become effective October 1, 2025,
366366 following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its
367367 otherwise becoming law.
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