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12-16-55
Section 12-16-55 Declaration of policy. It is the policy of this state that all persons selected
for jury service be selected at random from a fair cross section of the population of the
area served by the court, and that all qualified citizens have the opportunity, in accordance
with this article, to be considered for jury service in this state and an obligation to serve
as jurors when summoned for that purpose. (Acts 1978, No. 594, p. 712, ยง1.)...
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12-16-8
Section 12-16-8 Employees excused from employment; compensation; postponement of service. (a)
Upon receiving a summons to report for jury duty, any employee, on the next day he or she
is engaged in his or her employment, shall exhibit the summons to his or her immediate superior,
and the employee shall thereupon be excused from his or her employment for the day or days
required of him or her in serving as a juror in any court created by the constitutions of
the United States or of the State of Alabama or the laws of the United States or of the State
of Alabama. (b) An employee may not be required or requested to use annual, vacation, unpaid
leave, or sick leave for time spent responding to a summons for jury duty, time spent participating
in the jury selection process, or for time spent actually serving on a jury. Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to require an employer to provide annual, vacation, or sick
leave to employees who otherwise are not entitled to the benefits...
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12-1-8
Section 12-1-8 Cases in which courts may issue attachments and inflict summary punishment for
contempt. The powers of the several courts in this state to issue attachments and inflict
summary punishment for contempts shall not extend to any other cases than: (1) Disrespectful,
contemptuous or insolent behavior in court, tending in any way to diminish or impair the respect
due to judicial tribunals or to interrupt the due course of trial; (2) A breach of the peace,
boisterous conduct, violent disturbance or any other act calculated to disturb or obstruct
the administration of justice, committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as
to have that effect; (3) The misbehavior of any officer of the court in his official transactions
or the disobedience or resistance of any officer of the court, party, juror, witness or any
other person to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command thereof; (4) Deceit
or the abuse of the process of the proceedings of the court by...
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15-23-4
of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and
economic diversity of the state. (b) At least one member shall be a law enforcement officer
with a minimum of 10 years' experience in or with a law enforcement agency which has among
its primary duties and responsibilities the investigation of violent crimes and the apprehension
or arrest of the perpetrators thereof. (c) At least one member shall be a victim of a crime
of violence who suffered serious personal injury as a result thereof, or a member
of such victim's immediate family or a member of a deceased victim's immediate family if such
deceased victim died as a result of a crime of violence, or an officer of a nonprofit, charitable
crime victims organization established pursuant to the laws of Alabama. (d) Each year the
commission shall elect a chairman from its membership. (e) The commission may appoint an executive
director who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall...
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17-6-81
Section 17-6-81 Fair Ballot Commission; ballot statements. (a)(1) There is created the Fair
Ballot Commission. The purpose of the commission is to provide to the public a fair and accurate
explanation of what a vote for and what a vote against a statewide ballot measure represents.
(2) The commission shall consist of the following 18 members: The Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Secretary of State, or their designees, shall each serve as a member on the commission
and shall each appoint to the commission one member who is an attorney licensed in the state
and one member who is a private citizen of the state who is not an attorney. The Alabama State
University School of Public Policy, the Samford University School of Public Policy, and the
Miles College School of Law shall each appoint a member to the commission. Other than the
Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Commissioner of...
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38-9B-4
Section 38-9B-4 Creation of board; composition; compensation; accounting of funds; policies
and procedures. (a) There is hereby created the Alabama Family Trust Board of Trustees, which
shall be an instrumentality of the state. The board of trustees shall consist of eleven persons
appointed by the Governor of Alabama, Presiding Officer of the Senate of Alabama, and Speaker
of the Alabama House of Representatives. The members shall serve until their successors are
appointed and confirmed by the Senate. The trustees shall be persons who are not employed
by the department. The board of trustees shall be composed of the following: (1) Two individuals
who represent the interests of persons with mental illness. The commissioner shall seek recommendations
of those individuals to represent persons with mental illness and shall submit a list of six
names to the Governor from which two shall be appointed. One shall be appointed for a term
of two years, and one for three years. Thereafter, as the...
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24-9-5
Section 24-9-5 Alabama Land Bank Authority Board. (a) There is created the Alabama Land Bank
Authority Board which shall govern the authority to administer and enforce this chapter. (b)
The board shall consist of the following members: (1) Four residents of the state appointed
by the Governor. (2) Two representatives from nonprofit organizations engaged in low-income
housing appointed by the Governor. (3) The Presiding Officer of the Senate or his or her designee.
(4) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or his or her designee. (5) The Chair of the
Senate Finance and Taxation General Fund Committee or his or her designee. (6) The Chair of
the House Ways and Means General Fund Committee or his or her designee. (7) The State Revenue
Commissioner or his or her designee. (8) The Superintendent of the State Banking Department
or his or her designee. (9) The Director of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community
Affairs or his or her designee. (10) The Secretary of the Alabama...
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34-16-4
Section 34-16-4 Licensure Board for Interpreters and Transliterators - Creation; composition;
meetings; duties; compensation. (a) There is created the Alabama Licensure Board for Interpreters
and Transliterators. (b) The board shall consist of nine members appointed by the Governor
as follows: (1) Four members certified as interpreters or transliterators at a professional
level by a nationally recognized certification, one of whom shall work in an educational setting.
A list of three nominations for each of these positions shall be submitted to the Governor
by ALRID. (2) Three deaf or hard of hearing members who are knowledgeable in the field of
professional interpreting. A list of three nominations for each of these positions shall be
submitted to the Governor by AAD. (3) Two members at-large who have an interest in and are
experienced in dealing with issues that affect the deaf, hard of hearing, and interpreting
communities. (c) All members of the board shall be citizens of the...
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43-2-42
Section 43-2-42 Order of grant of administration. (a) Administration of an intestate's estate
must be granted to one of the persons herein named if the person is willing to accept and
satisfactory to serve in the following order: (1) The husband or widow. (2) The next of kin
entitled to share in the distribution of the estate. (3) The largest creditor of the estate
residing in this state. (4) Any other person as the judge of probate may appoint. (b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, in all counties having a population of 400,000
or more, according to the last or any subsequent federal census, or in any county having an
elected general or county administrator, administration of an intestate's estate must be granted
to some one of the persons hereinafter named, if willing to accept and satisfactory to serve,
in the following order: (1) The husband or widow. (2) The next of kin entitled to share in
the distribution of the estate. (3) The largest creditor of...
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12-1-14.2
Section 12-1-14.2 Senior judge status. (a) Any circuit court judge or district court judge
who has served for 10 or more years in any combination of service as a judge of the circuit
court or district court in this state and who retires pursuant to Chapter 18 of this title,
may be appointed as a senior judge. A circuit court judge or district court judge who retires
because of a disability may not be appointed as a senior judge. (b) Any eligible retired judge
may apply to the Chief Justice for appointment as a senior judge and the Chief Justice shall
appoint each qualified applicant as a senior judge. (c) A senior judge may be called upon
to serve as a justice or judge in any court of this state pursuant to a written request for
assistance from the presiding judge of the requesting court made to the Chief Justice. A request
for assistance may be made in any of the following situations: (1) When a judge of the requesting
court is disqualified for any cause from presiding in a matter...
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