HB666 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alvin Holmes

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Montgomery, municipal court judges elected at-large, election, terms, duties, compensation, const. amend.

Description

Existing law provides that municipal judges are appointed by the governing body of the municipality.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, relating to the City of Montgomery in Montgomery County, providing that beginning with the 2011 municipal election, the City of Montgomery would elect four municipal judges in an at-large election to terms of four years. This bill would provide that all of the judges would serve part-time, and the cases before the court would be divided equally among the judges. This bill would also provide that the salary of the judges would be set by the governing body of the City of Montgomery.

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Subjects

Montgomery County