SB32 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Andrew Jones Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

Legislature, courts, civil procedure, authority of members of Legislature to intervene in certain legal actions, provided

Description

Under the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, upon timely application, any person may intervene in a legal action when a statute confers an unconditional right to intervene, or when the applicant claims an interest relating to the property or transaction which is the subject of the action and the applicant is so situated that the disposition of the action may as a practical matter impair or impede the applicant's ability to protect that interest, unless the applicant's interest is adequately represented by existing parties.

This bill would provide individual members of the Alabama Legislature with a statutory right to intervene as a matter of right in legal actions relating to the implementation, administration, construction, or application of a local law passed by the Legislature relating to a county or municipality wholly or partially within the member's legislative district or a general law pertaining to only one municipality located wholly or partially within the member's legislative district.

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Subjects

Judiciary