12-2-20
Section 12-2-20 Purposes for which appropriations may be used. The Supreme Court is further authorized and empowered to use moneys or funds appropriated to it, including, but not limited to, the moneys appropriated for the administrative fund, advisory committee work and judicial education, for any judicial purposes the Supreme Court may direct, including, but not limited to, the preservation, acquisition, framing and repair of portraits, pictures, murals, photographs, resolutions and orders of the court, historical documents and archives; the publishing of books, pamphlets and other publications; the use of consultants; expenses of visiting jurists and other judicial or legally related individuals who are performing services to the courts of this state; ceremonies; and seminars and conferences pertaining to courts and the administration of justice for justices, judges and court-related personnel within or outside the state, and the clerk of said court is authorized to direct payment...
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12-9A-7
Section 12-9A-7 Temporary assignment of circuit or district judge to another circuit. (a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, by order, shall assign a circuit or district judge from a judicial circuit to serve within another judicial circuit for a reasonable period of time to address court congestion, court delay, civil and criminal backlog of cases, or for any other reason necessary for the prompt and thorough administration of justice. (b) When considering the amount of time a judge may be assigned from his or her home circuit to another circuit, the Chief Justice shall take into consideration all relevant circumstances regarding the judicial needs of the circuits involved. (c) A judge assigned to serve another circuit under subsection (a) shall be reimbursed for any necessary and reasonable expenses of travel and the same maintenance expense allowances from the State Treasury that the judge would be entitled to receive when attending court or transacting other...
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12-2-30
Section 12-2-30 Powers and duties as to supervision and administration of courts generally. (a) The Chief Justice shall see that the business of the several courts of the state is attended with proper dispatch and that cases, civil and criminal, are not permitted to become congested or delayed, and he shall take care that prisoners are not allowed to remain in the jails without a prompt trial. (b) In connection with these duties and other responsibilities, the Chief Justice is authorized and empowered: (1) To maintain a roster of supernumerary circuit judges who are willing and able to undertake special duties from time to time and to assign supernumerary circuit judges in accordance with the provisions of law and, further, to assign supernumerary circuit judges and circuit judges, provided they are agreeable, in connection with studies, projects and functions designed to improve the administration of justice and the courts in Alabama and in connection with projects, studies and...
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12-18-5
Section 12-18-5 Applicability of article to justices and judges; contributions to retirement fund; granting of credit for military service. (a) Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and judge of the circuit court of the state holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right of election to come under this article. Each justice or judge holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right, within three years from September 18, 1973, to file with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Alabama, an instrument in writing electing to come under this article. Each justice or judge of such courts elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973, shall come under this article as a matter of law. After September 18, 1973, each justice and each judge who has elected to come under this article as provided by this section or who comes under this article by operation of law shall contribute to the Judicial...
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45-41-82.03
Section 45-41-82.03 Additional court cost - Circuit and district courts. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized in Lee County, the Lee County Commission, upon adoption of a resolution by the commission, may impose an additional court cost in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) to be assessed and taxed as costs in cases filed in the circuit and district courts of Lee County as follows: (1) The additional court cost shall apply to all civil and criminal cases, including all appeals from any municipal court in Lee County. (2) The additional court cost shall not apply to small claims or to any case where the cost has previously been assessed, including de novo appeals from the district court. (3) The court cost shall not be waived by any court, unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated with the case are waived. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any municipal court within Lee County imposes, collects, and distributes to...
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36-7-21
Section 36-7-21 Allowances of persons traveling in service of the state; travel authorization. (a) Persons traveling in the service of the state or any of its departments, institutions, boards, bureaus, commissions, councils, committees, or other agencies, outside the State of Alabama, or within the State of Alabama for purposes of attending or assisting in hosting a convention, conference, seminar, or other meeting of a state, regional, or national organization of which the state or individual is a dues-paying member that is held within the state, shall be allowed all of their actual and necessary expenses in addition to the actual expenses for transportation. In-state travel authorized under this section is subject to the same documentation requirements as out-of-state travel. (b) Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), any travel for which a traveler intends to seek reimbursement from the state under this section shall be fully authorized in writing by the head of...
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12-19-310
Section 12-19-310 Additional docket fees. (a) In addition to the docket fees now authorized by law, additional docket fees shall be assessed in all circuit, district, and municipal courts as follows: (1) In civil cases in the circuit and district courts, except child support cases and as further provided for small claims cases, an additional docket fee of forty-five dollars ($45) and in small claims cases an additional docket fee of fifteen dollars ($15). (2) In criminal cases in the circuit, district, and municipal courts, except juvenile cases and as further provided for traffic cases, an additional docket fee of forty dollars ($40) and in traffic cases, but excluding parking violations, an additional docket fee of twenty-six dollars ($26). (b) (1) Two dollars ($2) of the traffic docket fee shall be distributed to the Police Officers' Annuity Fund before any distribution pursuant to subsections (c) and (d). (2) Ten dollars ($10) of each fee in municipal court shall be retained by the...
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15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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36-25A-2
Section 36-25A-2 Definitions. As used in and for determining the applicability of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings solely for the purposes of this chapter: (1) DELIBERATION. An exchange of information or ideas among a quorum of members of a subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body intended to arrive at or influence a decision as to how any members of the subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body should vote on a specific matter that, at the time of the exchange, the participating members expect to come before the subcommittee, committee, or full body immediately following the discussion or at a later time. (2) EXECUTIVE SESSION. That portion of a meeting of a subcommittee, committee, or full governmental body from which the public is excluded for one or more of the reasons prescribed in Section 36-25A-7(a). (3) GENERAL REPUTATION AND CHARACTER. Characteristics or actions of a person directly involving good or bad ethical conduct,...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses; implementation; additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services is established to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent defense services. The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and its existing offices, as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in the same manner that salaries of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement, and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature for state employees. (b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants, and charitable donations from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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