SB11 Alabama 2017 Session

Under Article VI, Sections 156, 157, and 158 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the Judicial Inquiry Commission is created to investigate and receive or initiate complaints relating to any judge in the state and the Court of the Judiciary is created to hear complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to abolish the Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Court of the Judiciary

Under Article VI, Section 159 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, a judge is disqualified from acting as judge when a complaint has been filed against him or her by the Judicial Inquiry Commission with the Court of the Judiciary

This bill would propose an amendment to Section 159 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to delete the references to the Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Court of the Judiciary

To repeal Sections 6.17 and 6.18, as added by Amendment 328, as amended by Amendment 581 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Sections 156 and 157, respectively, of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, and Section 6.18A, as added by Amendment 580 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 158 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to abolish the Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Court of the Judiciary; and to amend Section 6.19, as added by Amendment 328 to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 159 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to delete references to the Judicial Inquiry Commission and the Court of the Judiciary.