SB 137

This bill would create an additional circuit judgeship, designated Circuit Judgeship Number 4, in the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit comprised of Lee County. This bill would provide for the election of the judge at the 2020 general election or the next general election thereafter

To provide for an additional circuit judgeship in the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit comprised of Lee County; and to provide for the election of the judge.

Section 1

There is created an additional circuit judgeship for the Thirty-seventh Judicial Circuit which shall be designated Circuit Judgeship Number 4.

Section 2

(a) Circuit Judgeship Number 4 shall be filled at the general election held in November 2020, or the next general election thereafter. (b) The first judge elected to Circuit Judgeship Number 4 shall serve for a six-year term, holding office from the first Monday following the second Tuesday in January after the 2020 general election or the next general election thereafter at which that judge is elected. (c) The judge elected to Circuit Judgeship Number shall have and shall exercise all the jurisdiction, power, rights, and authority and shall possess all of the qualifications, perform all of the duties, and shall be subject to all of the responsibilities and duties of the office to which other circuit judges are subject.

Section 3

The annual compensation of the circuit judges elected pursuant to this act shall be in accordance with Chapter 10A of Title 12, Code of Alabama 1975, including, but not limited to, the provision that no circuit judge first elected or appointed to office after October 1, 2001, shall be provided a salary supplement or expense allowance.

Section 4

This act shall become effective immediately following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.