HB290 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Randy WoodRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Supernumerary status, district attorneys, qualifications, removing minimum years of service and age requirement, Sec. 12-17-213 am'd.

Summary

HB290 would remove the age and minimum years of service requirements to qualify for supernumerary status for Alabama district attorneys.

What This Bill Does

The bill would change how a district attorney can elect to become a supernumerary by eliminating the fixed age and minimum years of service thresholds. It also preserves provisions allowing time served in related roles (such as judges, county officials, or full-time deputy/assistant DAs, or other state positions) to count toward the eligibility timeline. There are transitional rules for certain DAs elected or appointed before specific dates, and the act sets an effective date of October 1, 2021.

Who It Affects

• Current and former district attorneys in Alabama who could elect supernumerary status without the previous age or minimum years hurdles.
• District attorneys and other public officials whose prior service could count toward eligibility under the bill (e.g., judges, county officers, full-time deputy/assistant DAs, or full-time state attorneys).
• The Governor, who would receive declarations from eligible DAs to enact supernumerary status.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 12-17-213 to remove the minimum years of service and age requirements as prerequisites for becoming a supernumerary district attorney.
• Keeps or clarifies that time served in related roles can count toward the service time toward eligibility, and outlines how such counting would work.
• Provides transitional language for certain DAs elected or appointed before specified dates to elect supernumerary status with time counted toward eligibility.
• Sets October 1, 2021 as the effective date of the act.

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Subjects

Supernumeraries