HB482 Alabama 2015 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Alan Boothe

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2015

Title

Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Coffee and Pike Counties, circuit judges, residency requirement of vacancy in office, Sec. 12-17-20 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, there are three circuit judgeships in the twelfth judicial circuit which is comprised of Pike and Coffee Counties.

This bill would require the judge occupying judgeship No. 1 to be a resident of Pike County, and the judges occupying judgeships No. 2 and No.

to be residents of Coffee County. This bill would also require any person qualifying as a candidate for a circuit judgeship to have been a resident of the county for the judgeship for at least one year prior to qualifying as a candidate.

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Subjects

Judicial Circuits