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SB105 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021
SB105 Alabama 2017 Session
Senate Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2017
Session
1
Sponsor

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2017
Title
Director of the Administrative Office of Courts, appointed by justices of Supreme court, term provided, const. amend.
Description

This bill would propose an amendment to Section 6.10 of Amendment 328 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 149 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to provide that the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts be appointed by a majority vote of the Justices of the Alabama Supreme Court and serve a term of 12 years, and to provide that the director may be removed by a majority vote of the justices.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

S

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Votes

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

February 16, 2017 House Failed
Yes 17
Abstained 68
Absent 18

Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass

March 16, 2017 Senate Passed
Yes 22
Absent 13

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature