HB584 Alabama 2021 Session
Summary
- Primary Sponsor
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Prince Chestnut RepresentativeDemocrat - Co-Sponsors
- Merika ColemanChris EnglandDavid FaulknerJuandalynn GivanJim HillMike JonesBen RobbinsMatt Simpson
- Session
- Regular Session 2021
- Title
- Judicial compensation, to establish a uniform pay plan for circuit judges, district judges, appellate court judges, supreme court justices, and the chief justice of the supreme court, eliminate salary supplements and expense allowance, Sec. 12-17-68 repealed; Secs. 12-17-182, 36-15-3 am'd.
- Description
Under existing law, circuit judges' salaries are set by statute. District judges, appellate judges, and supreme court justices' salaries are based on circuit judges' salaries.
This bill would establish the initial salaries for all state judges and justices, district attorneys, and the Attorney General, and would provide for salary increases based on certain experience.
This bill would require all judges to be licensed attorneys and require all judges to complete 12 hours of approved continuing legal education, including one hour of ethics.
This bill would also eliminate county salary supplements and expense allowances for circuit and district judges.
- Subjects
- Judicial Compensation
Bill Actions
Indefinitely Postponed
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund
Bill Text
Documents
Source: Alabama Legislature