12-14-51
Section 12-14-51 Magistrates deemed chief officers of agency; appointment and powers of magistrates. (a) The magistrates shall be considered the chief officers of the municipal court administrative agency. (b) The Supreme Court may, by rule, prescribe procedures for the appointment of magistrates by class or position and, in addition thereto, provide for the appointment of other magistrates by the Administrative Director of Courts, upon recommendation by municipal judges. (c) The powers of a magistrate shall be limited to the following: (1) Issuance of arrest warrants. (2) Granting of bail in minor misdemeanor prosecutions in accordance with the discretionary bail schedule and approving property, cash, and professional surety bonds upon a municipal judge's approval. (3) Receiving of pleas of guilty in minor misdemeanors where a schedule of fines has been prescribed by rule. (4) Accountability to the municipal court for all uniform traffic tickets and complaints issued, including all...
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15-12-5
Section 15-12-5 Determination of indigency and provision of defense services. (a) Judicial role in determining indigency. The trial judge shall determine, in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, if a person in his or her court is an indigent defendant, any time appropriate or necessary. Upon appeal from the trial court to the state appellate court, the trial judge who presided over the proceedings on appeal shall determine if the appellant is an indigent defendant in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. If an indigency determination is necessary in any proceeding initiated originally in a state appellate court , the presiding judge or chief justice of the appellate court shall determine if the appellant or petitioner is an indigent defendant. (b) Criteria for determining indigency. In determining indigency, the judge shall recognize ability to pay as a variable...
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17-6-25
Section 17-6-25 Order of listing of candidates on ballots. The names of candidates for each office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices shall be listed in the following order: (1) President (if preference primary). (2) Governor. (3) Lieutenant Governor. (4) United States Senator. (5) United States Representative. (6) Attorney General. (7) State Senator. (8) State Representative. (9) Supreme Court Justice. (10) Court of Civil Appeals Judge. (11) Court of Criminal Appeals Judge. (12) Secretary of State. (13) State Treasurer. (14) State Auditor. (15) Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. (16) Public Service Commissioner. (17) State Board of Education Member. (18) Circuit Court Judge. (19) District Attorney. (20) District Court Judge. (21) Circuit Clerk. (22) Other public officers (to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate). (23) Delegate to national convention. (24) Other party officers (to be listed in the order...
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32-3-1
Section 32-3-1 Establishment; composition; terms of members. There is hereby established a committee to be designated the State Safety Coordinating Committee which shall be composed of the Governor as chair, the Director of Public Safety, the Director of the State Department of Transportation, two members of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate, two members of the House appointed by the Speaker, the Attorney General, the Administrator of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, the State Toxicologist, the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and a person appointed by the Governor for a term of four years from the state at-large. The ex officio members shall serve until the expiration of the terms for which they have been elected or during their tenure in the office to which appointed. The appointed legislative members shall serve for the term for which they have been elected, or if reelected to the Legislature for a succeeding term, until a successor is...
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12-10A-1
Section 12-10A-1 Compensation of judges - Uniform plan. (a) In recognition of the disparity in compensation of circuit and district judges caused by varying amounts of local supplements to state salaries and the need for a uniform plan of compensation, the following comprehensive plan is adopted for the compensation of judges. This plan, when implemented, shall reward judges for judicial experience and phase out local salary supplements and expense allowances. (1) On October 1, 2000, the salary of circuit judges paid from the State Treasury shall be increased to the amount authorized for attorneys in the classified service of the state as Attorney IV, step 14, on June 10, 1999, and the salary of the Supreme Court Justices, judges of the appellate courts, and district judges shall be adjusted correspondingly as provided by Act 90-111, 1990 Regular Session (Acts 1990, p. 132). (2) On October 1, 2001, the salary of circuit judges paid from the State Treasury shall be increased to the...
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12-5-21
Section 12-5-21 Appointment, compensation, etc., of confidential secretaries for retired justices or judges performing active duty for Supreme Court or courts of appeals. The Administrative Director of Courts, with the approval of the Chief Justice, is hereby authorized to appoint and employ not more than two confidential secretaries who shall serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice. Said secretary or secretaries shall be subject to the Merit System Act only as to pay plan, and shall be assigned to assist retired justices or judges who perform active duty for the Supreme Court or one or both of the courts of appeals. (Acts 1977, No. 207, p. 274.)...
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26-16-52
Section 26-16-52 Ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee created; composition, duties, etc.; annual report. Upon October 1, 1985, an ad hoc child abuse protection team advisory committee shall be created and shall consist of the following members: The Governor of the State of Alabama or his or her designated representative; the Director of the Department of Human Resources; the Executive Director of the Child Abuse Trust Fund; the President of the State Parents Teachers Association; two judges in the State of Alabama that preside over courts exercising juvenile jurisdiction to be selected by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court; one representative from the Association of County Department of Human Resources County Directors to be selected by the Governor; the Executive Director of the Office of Prosecution Services; the Chairman of the Victims Compensation Commission; and two other members selected by the President of the Child Abuse Trust Fund. The committee...
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29-5A-64
Section 29-5A-64 Governing Council; Alabama Law Institute Council. (a) The Governing Council of the Alabama Law Institute Council is continued in existence as the Alabama Law Institute Council. (b) The council shall be composed of ex officio, appointed, and elected members, as follows: (1) One Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, selected by the Justices thereof. (2) One circuit court judge, selected by the Association of Circuit Court Judges. (3) The Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or his or her designee. (4) The legal advisor to the Governor of Alabama, or his or her designee. (5) The Chairs of the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. (6) The President of the Alabama State Bar. (7) The Secretary of the Alabama State Bar. (8) The chair of the Junior Bar Section of the Alabama State Bar. (9) The attorney members of the Legislative Council of Alabama. (10) Not less than three nor more than six attorney members appointed by the Governor of...
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36-15-15
Section 36-15-15 Attorney General may advise or direct district attorney. The Attorney General shall give the district attorneys of the several circuits any opinion, instruction or advice necessary or proper to aid them in the proper discharge of their duties, either by circular or personal letter, and may direct any district attorney to aid and assist in the investigation or prosecution of any case in which the state is interested, in any other circuit than that of the district attorney so directed. Such district attorney shall have and exercise in such other circuit all the powers and authority imposed by law upon the district attorney of such other circuit, but this section shall not abridge any authority which may have been or which may be vested in the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, nor shall the Attorney General, or any assistant of the Attorney General, or other person at the instance or request of the Attorney General, be authorized to appear or in any way act in the name...
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36-6-101
Section 36-6-101 Inapplicability to certain employees. (a) Any salary increase granted under this division shall in no way apply to any local supplement provided to any judges or any other employee of this state. The salary increase granted under this division shall not apply to, or increase the compensation of, any local employee whose salary is tied to that of any state employee. (b) The salary increase granted under this division shall not apply to any Merit System employee or hourly employee whose service or rate of pay is covered by any labor agreement or contract, nor to a state judge whose salary is payable from the State Treasury. (c) The salary increase granted under this division shall not apply to any circuit or district judge, Supreme Court Justice, judge of an appellate court, or district attorney. (Act 2006-421, p. 1046, ยง2.)...
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