HB507 Alabama 2013 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2013

Title

Public officials, judges of courts of criminal appeals and civil appeals and Public Service Commission members, certain residency requirements removed, prohibition against electing or appointing more than one member of the Public Service Commission from the same congressional district deleted, Secs. 12-3-5, 36-2-4, 37-1-3, 37-1-9 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, certain public office holders are required to reside in or sufficiently near the City of Montgomery so that the office or post of duty is reasonably accessible daily</p><p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals are required to reside in Montgomery during the terms of the courts</p><p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, no two members of the Public Service Commission may be elected or appointed from the same congressional district</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require public officials to live in a location that enables them to access their office or post of duty within a single day of travel</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would remove the requirement that judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals reside in Montgomery during the terms of court</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require judges of the Court of Civil Appeals, and the Court of Criminal Appeals and members of the Public Service Commission to live in or sufficiently near the City of Montgomery so that their offices are reasonably accessible to the members daily</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would remove the prohibition on the election or appointment of members of the Public Service Commission from the same congressional district</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to residency of certain public officials; to amend Sections 12-3-5, 36-2-4, 37-1-3, and 37-1-9, Code of Alabama 1975; to remove the requirement that the judges of the appellate courts reside in Montgomery during terms of court; to require certain public officials to reside in a location that enables them to access their office or post within a single day of travel; and to remove the prohibition on electing or appointing members of the Public Service Commission from the same congressional district. </p>

Subjects

Public Service Commission