HB550 Alabama 2012 Session

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Joseph C. Mitchell
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2012
Title: Judges, prohibited members of the Legislature from being appointed to judgeship within two years of his or her appointment, Secs. 12-2-1, 12-3-1, 12-11-1, 12-12-1 am'd
Description: Currently, persons serving on the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, or as a circuit court judge or a district court judge must meet certain qualifications.
This bill would provide that persons appointed to fill a vacant term of office on the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, or Court of Criminal Appeals or as a circuit court judge or district court judge, after January 1, 2013, may not have been a member of the Alabama Legislature within two years of his or her appointment.
Subjects: Judges

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections