Under existing law, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama may assign a circuit or district judge to serve within another judicial circuit to address court congestion, court delay, backlog of cases, or other reasons necessary for the prompt administration of justice and a presiding circuit judge may assign circuit or district court judges within his or her circuit to serve within the circuit or in district courts within the circuit.
These provisions do not apply in Jefferson County. This bill would make these provisions applicable in Jefferson County.
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary
Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass adopted Roll Call 317
Third Reading Passed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary
Source: Alabama Legislature