SB8 Alabama 2017 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Treasures and artifacts, cultural resources that are eligible for or listed in National Register of Historic Places, not Al. Register of Landmarks and Heritage, Sec. 41-9-291 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under Article VI, Section 157 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, the Court of the Judiciary is created to hear complaints filed by the Judicial Inquiry Commission, and a judge aggrieved by a decision of the Court of the Judiciary may appeal the decision to the Supreme Court of Alabama</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to require legislative approval of affirmations by the Supreme Court of decisions by the Court of the Judiciary removing a judge from office</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to delete this provision</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Article VI, Section 157 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to require legislative approval of affirmations by the Supreme Court of decisions by the Court of the Judiciary removing a judge from office; and to amend Section 159 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, to delete the provision disqualifying a judge from acting as judge upon the filing of a complaint against him or her by the Judicial Inquiry Commission with the Court of the Judiciary. </p>

Subjects

Artifacts