SB221 Alabama 2019 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tom Whatley

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2019

Title

Judicial circuits and districts, reallocate the number of circuit judges and district judges every 20 years based on population, Secs. 12-11-2, 12-12-1 am'd.

Description

This bill, beginning in 2021 and every 20 years thereafter, would provide for the reallocation of circuit judgeships of the judicial circuits and district court judgeships of each district according to population by the Judicial Resources Allocation Commission and subject to approval of the Legislature.

This bill would require the commission to consider population in the reallocation of judges of the circuits and districts.

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Subjects

Judges