HB60 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

James O. Gordon

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Mobile Co. (Thirteenth Judicial Circuit), two additional district court judges, election, terms of office, duties, powers, and necessary funding for compensation and benefits, percentage from each municipality and balance from county commission, exemptions, incumbent district judges, const. amend.

Description

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to create two additional district judgeships, designated district judgeship number 6 and district judgeship number 7, in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, comprised of Mobile County. The bill would provide for each municipality in the judicial circuit to pay a percentage of the necessary funding for compensation and benefits for the judgeships and the Mobile County Commission to pay the balance for the first 24 months and would exempt certain municipalities from payment of their share.

This bill would allow incumbent district judges for district judgeships numbers 1, 2, and to run at large; would require any person who is not an incumbent to run from a school district for judgeships numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7, and would provide for election at large for district judgeships numbers 3 and 4.

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Subjects

Judicial Circuits