HB520 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Kelvin LawrenceRepresentative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to Montgomery County; to allow a judge of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to increase the salary of his or her judicial assistant, with the approval of the presiding judge, using local funds.

Summary

HB520 would let Montgomery County judges in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit raise their judicial assistants' salaries using local funds, with the presiding judge's approval.

What This Bill Does

It would allow judges in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to provide a supplemental salary to their judicial assistants, in addition to the state salary, funded by the county and approved by the presiding judge. The supplement would be paid in equal installments like other county salaries and could use the county general fund or other available funds. The supplemental pay would replace any other county supplement for judicial assistants and would be the total county supplement for them. It becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

Who It Affects

• Judicial assistants in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Montgomery County): could receive an additional county-funded supplement on top of their state salary.
• Judges of the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit: would establish the supplemental salaries for their assistants with the presiding judge's approval.
• Montgomery County governing body / county funds: would provide the supplemental salaries from the county general fund or other available funds.

Key Provisions

• Allows each judicial assistant in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit to receive a supplemental salary from the county in addition to the state salary.
• Requires the supplement to be established by the judge with the approval of the presiding judge and paid in equal installments like other county salaries.
• Funding can come from the county's general fund or other available funds, and the supplement replaces any other county supplement for judicial assistants.
• Effective date is the first day of the third month after passage and governor approval.

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Subjects

Montgomery County; to further provide for the salaries of judicial assistants in the 15th Judicial Circuit