SB159 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Rodger Smitherman Senator

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2021

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.

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Subjects

Judiciary