HB523 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Feb 26, 2026

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Summary

Primary Sponsor: Kyle South
Republican
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: 24th Judicial Circuit, Fayette, Lamar, Pickens Counties, presiding circuit judges expense allowance repealed, payment from district attorney fund to Judicial Administration Fund, authorized, Sec. 45-29-80.01 repealed
Summary: HB523 ends the $500 monthly expense allowance for the presiding judge in the 24th Judicial Circuit and instead redirects $500 per month from the district attorney's fund to the circuit's Judicial Administration Fund.
What This Bill Does
It repeals the existing $500 monthly expense allowance to the presiding judge of the 24th Judicial Circuit. It then requires $500 each month to be paid from the district attorney's fund in the presiding judge's home county to the Judicial Administration Fund of the 24th Judicial Circuit. The act becomes effective on the first day of the second month after it is passed and approved by the Governor.

Who It Affects
Presiding circuit judge in the 24th Judicial Circuit loses the $500 monthly expense allowance.
Judicial Administration Fund of the 24th Judicial Circuit gains $500 per month from the district attorney's fund.
District attorney's fund in the county where the presiding judge's office is located is the source of the $500 monthly transfer.

Key Provisions
Repeals Section 45-29-80.01, which previously provided a $500 per month expense allowance to the presiding circuit judge in the 24th Judicial Circuit.
Provides that $500 per month shall be paid from the district attorney's fund in the county where the presiding judge's office is principally located to the Judicial Administration Fund of the 24th Judicial Circuit.
States the act becomes effective on the first day of the second month following its passage and approval by the Governor.

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Subjects: Lamar County