SB330 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rodger Smitherman Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Judicial vacancies, statewide plan for filling vacancies in circuit, district, appellate, and Supreme Court, Section 6.14 as added by Amendment 328, Constitution of Alabama of 1901 (Section 153, Recompiled Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended), repealed and added, const. amend.

Description

Currently, the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, provides for filling of vacancies in judicial offices. Several judicial circuits have local constitutional amendments relating to procedures for filling vacant judicial offices.

This bill would enact a statewide plan establishing judicial vacancy commissions for the filling of judicial office vacancies, except those judicial circuits having judicial vacancy commissions provided by local constitutional amendments to the Constitution. If a local constitutional amendment creating a judicial vacancy commission is repealed, the county would be subject to the statewide judicial vacancy process in this amendment.

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Subjects

Judges