HB28 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Joseph C. Mitchell

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Counties in which a Class 2 municipality is located, circuit and district judges, election from districts, Sections 6.04, 6.05, (Sections 142, 143, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), am'd., const. amend.

Summary

This constitutional amendment would require circuit and district judges in counties with a Class 2 municipality to be elected from districts within the county.

What This Bill Does

In counties that have a Class 2 municipality, the county would be divided into districts with one circuit judge elected from each district and one district judge elected from each district for the district court. The amendment sets up district-based elections for both types of judges and ensures the number of districts matches the number of judges. It states that the terms of current judges are not shortened and elections would follow existing constitutional and election laws.

Who It Affects

• Circuit judges in counties with a Class 2 municipality, who would be elected from district-based boundaries.
• District court judges in those counties, who would also be elected from district-based boundaries.
• Qualified electors in the affected counties who will vote for these judges.
• Current judges in these offices, whose terms are preserved unaltered by the amendment.

Key Provisions

• Divide each qualifying county into districts proportionate to the number of circuit judges, and elect one circuit judge from each district.
• Divide each qualifying county into districts proportionate to the number of district judges, and elect one district judge from each district.
• The amendment shall not abridge the term of any current officeholder; existing terms continue until their expiration.
• Elections for the new district-based judges will follow the constitution and applicable election laws, with ballot language describing the proposed amendment.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments