SB239 Alabama 2020 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Rodger Smitherman SenatorDemocrat - Session
- Regular Session 2020
- Title
- Judiciary, changing judicial case load from weighted to actual, Secs. 12-9A-1, 12-9A-5 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, The Judicial Resources Allocation Commission is required to consider the Judicial Weighted Caseload Study to determine the need for judgeships in each district and circuit court.
This bill would require the Alabama Supreme Court to adopt a Judicial Actual Caseload Study as the appropriate study for determining the need for judgeships in each district and circuit court in order to revise the factors considered in the study.
This bill would also establish a deadline for the Supreme Court to revise the factors considered in the study.
- Subjects
- Judiciary
Bill Actions
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Finance and Taxation General Fund
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature