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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney
and assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which
he or she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation
to matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and
shall, in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of
Section 12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or
her circuit, county, or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in
that court and represent the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence
in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with
tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to
requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer
has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among
other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal
within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of
resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and
fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those
specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing
shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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12-17-216
Section 12-17-216 Oath of office; powers and duties. Supernumerary district attorneys
shall take the oath of office prescribed by the constitution for judicial officers and shall
have and exercise all the duties, power and authority of district attorneys of the judicial
circuits or circuit courts and shall, upon request of the Governor, the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court or the Attorney General, conduct investigations, attend any regular, adjourned
or special session of any circuit court in any of the judicial circuits of Alabama for the
investigation of or the prosecution of any criminal case or the prosecution or defense of
any case in which the state is interested. The Governor, any member of the Supreme Court or
courts of appeals or the Attorney General may request a supernumerary district attorney to
perform duties as those prescribed for assistant attorneys general, either in their respective
offices or at such other places within or without the state as such officials may...
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45-37-80.20
Section 45-37-80.20 Appointment; duties; special reporter; fee; salary; oath; supplies.
(a) That each of the judges of such circuit courts of this state shall appoint a competent
shorthand writer to perform the duties of official court reporters over the court in the circuit
over which the judge presides; that such official court reporter shall not be subject to the
provisions of any civil service system as may be effective in such county or counties or circuit
or circuits; that such official court reporter shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
judge; that no two judges shall appoint the same court reporter; that no person shall be appointed
official or special court reporter under this section who is not able to correctly
report in shorthand the proceedings in all trials as the same may occur and neatly and expeditiously
transcribe on the typewriter the testimony taken by him or her. The official court reporter
shall be an officer of the court, and within his or her circuit...
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12-17-226.10
Section 12-17-226.10 Written agreement; other terms and conditions. (a) In any case
in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program established under this
division, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender.
The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the
program, as practicable as possible, the costs of the program to the offender, and the period
of time after which the district attorney must dispose of the charges against the offender.
If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular
charge or charges and receives a specific sentence, an agreement concerning when the plea
of guilt will occur, to what charges to which the offender will plead guilty, and any sentence
to be imposed shall be approved by and submitted to an appropriate circuit or district court
judge having jurisdiction over the offender within the judicial circuit prior...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office
at the capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her
opinion in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the
state or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary
of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and
Industries, Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners,
Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department
of Revenue or any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or
her duty so to do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration
of the committee. b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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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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12-17-330
Section 12-17-330 Appointment; rehearing; ratification of findings and recommendations.
(a) The Administrative Director of Courts may authorize one or more referee positions in any
judicial circuit on either a full-time or a part-time basis upon submission of a written request
by the presiding circuit court judge and upon consideration of funding and the number of child
support cases in the domestic relations division of the circuit court, including cases brought
pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. Once the Administrative Director of Courts
approves the request, the presiding judge of the circuit court may appoint an attorney the
judge believes to be qualified to fill the position, subject to the approval of the Administrative
Director of Courts. The amount to be paid the referee and the manner of payment shall be determined
by the Administrative Director of Courts. (b) The presiding judge of the circuit court may
direct that the referee hear child support cases in the...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases
have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE.
Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department
of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of
age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's
18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need
of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years
of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2).
Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday,
has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section
15-3-5, the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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12-15-106
Section 12-15-106 Juvenile court referees' qualifications and appointment; conduct of
hearings of cases by juvenile court referees; transmission of findings and recommendations
for disposition of juvenile court referees to juvenile court judges; provision of notice and
written copies of findings and recommendations of juvenile court referees to parties; rehearing
of cases by juvenile court judges; when findings and recommendations of juvenile court referees
become decree of the juvenile court. (a) Appointment of Referees. The Administrative Director
of Courts may authorize one or more referee positions in any judicial circuit on either a
full-time or a part-time basis upon submission of a written request by the presiding juvenile
court judge and upon consideration of funding and the juvenile and child-support caseload
in the circuit. Once the Administrative Director of Courts approves the request, the presiding
judge of the juvenile court may appoint an attorney the judge believes to...
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