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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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45-45-81.04
Section 45-45-81.04 Court administrator. (a) The office of Court Administrator of the
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit of Alabama is redefined as provided in this section.
On May 10, 2012, but not less than five days thereafter, the presiding circuit judge of the
Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall nominate for appointment, subject to the approval of a
majority vote of the circuit and district judges of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, a court
administrator, who shall be a confidential employee of this state, subject to laws and rules
of the Unified Judicial System of Alabama, and shall be supervised by the presiding circuit
judge of the circuit. The court administrator and each confidential employee of the office
of court administrator shall be compensated under the Unified Judicial System. The duties
and responsibilities of the court administrator include, but are not limited to, all of the
following: (1) The court administrator shall work with the judges of the Twenty-third Judicial...
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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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12-18-8.1
Section 12-18-8.1 Time of service as full-time state prosecutor, etc., may be credited
as time in judicial position with Judicial Retirement System. Any justice of the Supreme Court
or judge of one of the courts of appeals or any circuit court judge holding office on or before
June 1,1976, who has time of service as a full-time state prosecutor or assistant state prosecutor
in any circuit of the state, or who had time of service as an attorney for the State Milk
Control Board, shall be entitled to have such time of service, regardless of whether or not
such time of service was continuous, treated as time of service in the judicial position he
holds on or before June 1, 1976, with the Judicial Retirement System; provided, however, that
such time of service does not exceed five years; provided also that such justice or judge
shall pay into the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama a sum equal to six percent of his then
annual salary for each year of such service that he elects to count...
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45-25-81
Section 45-25-81 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) This section shall be known
and cited as the DeKalb County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature finds and
declares the following: (1) The financial restraints exiting in the State General Fund budget
have resulted in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of
many judicial employees. In DeKalb County, the circuit clerk's office has lost three employees.
Two employees in the circuit judge's office and one in the district judge's office scheduled
for layoff have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds appropriated
to the Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied upon in the
future. Revenue from the enactment of this section will restore at least one employee
already lost in the circuit clerk's office and permit the retention of at least one of the
two employees now facing layoff in the circuit judge's office and one employee now facing...
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12-18-40
Section 12-18-40 Retirement at age 60; computation; cost-of-living; prior service. On
or after July 30, 1979, any person assuming office for the first time as a justice of the
Supreme Court, judge of a court of appeals or a circuit judge, shall receive and be entitled
to all retirement benefits prescribed in Title 12, Chapter 18, Articles 1 and 2, except as
follows: (1) The provisions of subdivisions (3) and (5) of both subsections (a) and (b) of
Section 12-18-6, to the contrary notwithstanding, except for disability, no such justice
or judge shall be eligible to receive judicial service retirement pay prior to attaining 60
years of age. (2) The retirement pay or benefit of each such justice or judge shall be based
and computed pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-18-10, at the percentage rate
therein prescribed of his final salary received from the state at the time of retirement.
Retired justices and judges coming under this article shall be entitled to receive cost-of-living...
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45-36-80.05
Section 45-36-80.05 Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. SECTION 4 OF
ACT 2019-215 WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2020-119 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020.
THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) This section shall be known and cited
as the Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares
the following: (1) The financial restraints existing in the State General Fund budget have
resulted in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of many
judicial employees. In Jackson County, three employees in the circuit clerk's office who were
scheduled for layoff have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds
appropriated to the Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied
upon in the future. Revenue from this section will restore funding for some judicial
employees in the circuit. (2) This section addresses this problem by increasing court
costs. (c) In...
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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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12-18-132
Section 12-18-132 Retirement benefits. With the exception of justices of the Supreme
Court and judges of the appellate courts, circuit courts, and district courts who assumed
office prior to July 30, 1979, and who are exempted from Section 12-18-40, and this
article, the retirement pay or benefits of any justice or judge qualifying for service retirement
pursuant to this article shall be based and computed on the final salary received from the
state at the time of his or her retirement in accordance with the percentage rate now prescribed
by law. The retirement benefits of justices and judges who have 25 years of creditable service
based on nonjudicial service which has been transferred to the Judicial Retirement System
shall be calculated pursuant to Sections 12-18-111, 12-18-112, or 12-18-113, as applicable.
(Act 98-295, p. 481, ยง3.)...
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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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