HB325 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: John F. Knight Jr
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: Circuit clerks, Judicial Administration Fund, use for merit and promotion raises, Sec. 12-19-310 am'd.
Summary: HB325 would allow the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund to be used to award merit increases and promotion raises to full-time employees of the clerk's office.
What This Bill Does
The bill amends Section 12-19-310 to explicitly permit using the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund for merit and promotion raises for full-time clerk's office staff, in addition to salaries and benefits. Each clerk would have discretion to use the fund for these raises. The existing fund distribution and auditing requirements remain in place, and expenditures would be audited; the change does not remove protections that funds cannot reduce other funding or salaries. The act would take effect on October 1, 2017.

Who It Affects
Full-time employees of the circuit clerk's offices who could be eligible for merit and promotion raises.
Circuit clerks and their offices who manage and authorize use of the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund for these raises.

Key Provisions
Amends Section 12-19-310 to authorize using the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund for merit and promotion raises for full-time clerk's office employees.
Maintains the existing fund distribution: two-thirds of docket fees to the State Judicial Administration Fund, one-sixth to the Presiding Circuit Judge's Judicial Administration Fund, and one-sixth to the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund.
Each clerk may use the Circuit Clerk's Judicial Administration Fund, at their discretion, to award merit and promotion raises to full-time clerk's office staff; expenditures remain subject to audit and existing funding protections.
Effective date of October 1, 2017.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.
Subjects: Circuit Clerks