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12-2-35
Section 12-2-35 Notification of Chief Justice by judge or district attorney unable to attend
court; designation of judge or district attorney to attend and hold court. Whenever the judge
or the district attorney of the court shall be unable to attend such court, he shall notify
the Chief Justice, and the Chief Justice shall designate some other judge or district attorney,
as the case may be, not then engaged elsewhere to attend and hold said court or discharge
the duties of district attorney or judge, as the case may be. (Acts 1915, No. 521, p. 592;
Code 1923, §10297; Code 1940, T. 13, §40.)...
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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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12-2-36
Section 12-2-36 Ordering of judges to attend and hold court, etc., in other circuits. Whenever
the public good requires more judges than are regularly provided by law for the holding or
attending the courts in any circuit of this state, the Chief Justice may order one or more
judges living out of such circuit to attend and hold or assist in holding such courts. In
so holding or assisting in holding such court no two judges shall try cases in the same room
at the same time, but such court may be held in separate divisions and the sheriff and county
commission of such county wherein such court is ordered to be held, shall provide rooms for
the accommodation or holding such court by such judge and said courts or divisions of courts
may be held in any part of the courthouse or in buildings nearby the courthouse as fully and
lawfully as if held in the courtroom regularly provided for holding such court. (Acts 1915,
No. 521, p. 592; Code 1923, §§10300, 10301; Code 1940, T. 13, §§42, 43.)...
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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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36-25-4
Section 36-25-4 State Ethics Commission - Duties; complaint; investigation; hearings; fees;
finding of violation. (a) The commission shall do all of the following: (1) Prescribe forms
for statements required to be filed by this chapter and make the forms available to persons
required to file such statements. (2) Prepare guidelines setting forth recommended uniform
methods of reporting for use by persons required to file statements required by this chapter.
(3) Accept and file any written information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements
of this chapter. (4) Develop, where practicable, a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system
consistent with the purposes of this chapter. (5) Make reports and statements filed with the
commission available during regular business hours and online via the Internet to public inquiry
subject to such regulations as the commission may prescribe. (6) Preserve reports and statements
for a period consistent with the statute of limitations as...
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12-18-6
Section 12-18-6 Eligibility for retirement of justices of Supreme Court, judges of courts of
appeals and judges of circuit courts. (a) The Chief Justice or any associate justice of the
Supreme Court, any judge of the Court of Civil Appeals or any judge of the Court of Criminal
Appeals serving on September 18, 1973, who elects to become a member of the retirement system
hereby established, and any such justice or judge assuming such office after September 18,
1973, may elect to be retired pursuant to this article if he: (1) Has served as much as five
years as a justice of the Supreme Court or as a judge of one of the courts of appeals or as
a judge of the circuit court or any two or more of them consecutively and has become permanently
physically or mentally unable to carry out his duties on a full-time basis, proof of such
disability being made by certificate of three reputable physicians; (2) Has served for 12
years as a justice of the Supreme Court or as a judge of one of the courts...
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15-12-23
Section 15-12-23 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Post-conviction proceedings. (a)
In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the life and liberty of those
charged with or convicted of serious criminal offenses including proceedings for habeas corpus
or other post-conviction remedies, the trial or presiding judge or chief justice of the court
in which the proceedings may be commenced or pending may appoint counsel through an indigent
defense system approved by the office to represent and assist indigent defendants if it appears
to the court that the indigent defendant is unable financially or otherwise to obtain the
assistance of counsel and desires the assistance of counsel and it further appears that counsel
is necessary in the opinion of the judge to assert or protect the right of the indigent defendant.
(b) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the life and liberty of
those persons charged or adjudicated for juvenile offenses...
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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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12-3-14
Section 12-3-14 Transfer of cases in Court of Criminal Appeals to Supreme Court. When it is
deemed advisable or necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the Alabama Court
of Criminal Appeals, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with the advice of the Supreme
Court and the presiding judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, may in writing designate
any case in the Court of Criminal Appeals to be transferred to the Supreme Court for hearing
and final determination by that court. Such written designation shall be entered upon the
minutes of each of the courts, and the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall deliver
to the Clerk of the Supreme Court the transcript of the record and all other papers in the
cases so designated, together with copies of any orders that may be made in any such cases
by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Upon the making or entering of such designation, the jurisdiction
and control of the Court of Criminal Appeals over the designated case...
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12-3-15
Section 12-3-15 Transfer of cases in Court of Civil Appeals to Supreme Court. When it is deemed
advisable or necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of the Alabama Court of Civil
Appeals, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, with the advice of the Supreme Court, and
the presiding judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, may in writing designate any case in the
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals to be transferred to the Supreme Court for a hearing and final
determination by that court. Such written designation shall be entered upon the minutes of
each of the courts, and the Clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals shall deliver to the Clerk
of the Supreme Court the transcript of the record and other papers in the cases so designated,
together with copies of any orders that may be made in any of such cases by the Court of Civil
Appeals. Upon the making and entering of such designation, the jurisdiction and control of
the Court of Civil Appeals over the designated case shall cease and...
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