HB60 Alabama 2010 Session

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

To create two additional district judgeships in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit comprised of Mobile County; to provide for the election of the first judges to fill the positions; to provide for a percentage of necessary funding for compensation and benefits for the judgeships to be paid by each municipality and the balance paid by the Mobile County Commission for the first 24 months; to defer certain municipalities from payment of the funding; to allow incumbent district judges for district judgeships numbers 1, 2, and 5 to run at large; to require any person who is not an incumbent to run from a school district for judgeships numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7; and to provide for election at large for district judgeships numbers 3 and 4.