HB56 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Feb 27, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Jeff McLaughlin
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2010
Title: Marshall Co., 27th Judicial Circuit, additional circuit judge, conditioned on funding for compensation and benefits by county commission, election
Summary: HB56 creates an extra circuit judge seat in Marshall County's Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit, but only if the county funds the first 12–24 months of pay and benefits for the judge and staff, and it would be filled by election in 2012 if approved and precleared.
What This Bill Does
It adds Circuit Judgeship Number 3 in the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit. The county must fund the initial compensation and benefits for the judge, a judicial assistant, and a court reporter for the first 12 to 24 months. The seat would be filled at the November 2012 general election, subject to federal preclearance under the Voting Rights Act and a county funding resolution. The elected judge would serve a six-year term with full powers of a circuit judge, and pay would follow state rules with no salary supplement or expense allowance for first-elected or appointed judges after October 1, 2001.

Who It Affects
Marshall County government and taxpayers, because the county must provide funding for the initial compensation and benefits for the new judge, a judicial assistant, and a court reporter.
Voters in Marshall County (Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit) who will elect the new judge in 2012 and residents who rely on the circuit court's services.

Key Provisions
Creates an additional circuit judgeship in the Twenty-seventh Judicial Circuit designated as Circuit Judgeship Number 3, conditioned on county funding for the first 12–24 months of compensation and benefits for the judge, a judicial assistant, and a court reporter.
Requires the Marshall County Commission to adopt a resolution approving funding for the initial costs.
The seat shall be filled at the November 2012 general election, if precleared under the Voting Rights Act and if funding resolution is in place.
The first elected judge shall serve a six-year term and will begin the term after the general election, with full jurisdiction and duties of a circuit judge.
Annual compensation follows Chapter 10A, Title 12, Alabama Code, and no salary supplement or expense allowance is provided to any judge first elected or appointed after October 1, 2001.
Effective immediately upon passage.

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Subjects: Judicial Circuits