12-18-7
Section 12-18-7 Filing of declaration as to intention to retire by justices of Supreme Court, judges of courts of appeals and judges of circuit courts; endorsement and forwarding thereof by Chief Justice of Supreme Court; oath, powers, duties, etc., of retired justices and judges; forfeiture of right to receive retirement benefits by certain justices or judges upon failure to file declaration of intention to retire. (a) Any justice of the Supreme Court or any judge of one of the courts of appeals or of a circuit court of the state who desires to be retired pursuant to this article shall file a written declaration relative to his intention to elect such retirement with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, who, upon finding the existence of the conditions prerequisite to such retirement, shall endorse his findings thereon and forward said declaration to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Judicial Retirement Fund. (b) The retiring justice or judge, upon being retired, shall take the oath...
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12-8-5
Section 12-8-5 Chairman; meetings; officials and employees. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall be the chairman of the conference. The conference shall meet at least annually but shall meet at such other times as, in the opinion of the Chief Justice, such meetings are needed, upon the call of the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice shall have the right, if he deems it advisable, to appoint and dismiss a secretary and other officials and employees, including consultants and consulting agencies, without regard to the provisions of the merit system, for the Judicial Conference, who shall perform such other duties as directed by the Chief Justice with the Supreme Court, the Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial System and the Department of Court Management and who shall be paid, in full or in part, such compensation or salaries as the chief justice may direct, from any funds appropriated to the Supreme Court, the Permanent Study Commission on Alabama's Judicial System, the...
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12-5-3
Section 12-5-3 Department of Court Management established; powers and duties generally. (a) There shall be a state department to be known as the Department of Court Management. This department shall be specifically charged with the duty of assisting the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama in connection with his duties as the chief administrative officer of all the trial courts of this state, the Chief Justice's task of insuring that the business of said courts of the state is attended with proper dispatch and the Chief Justice's task of seeing that the dockets of such courts are not permitted to become congested and that trial of cases, civil and criminal, is not delayed unreasonably. (b) The department shall also perform the following duties: (1) It shall work with the clerks and registers of all civil and criminal trial courts in the state to collect, obtain, compile and digest information and statistics concerning the administration of justice in the state. (2) It shall...
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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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12-5-4
Section 12-5-4 Appointment, duties, etc., of court administrator and assistant court administrator; appointment and compensation of other employees of department. The chief administrative officers of the department shall be the court administrator and the assistant court administrator. These officers shall each be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for such times as he directs on either a full-time or part-time basis, and they shall perform such duties as are prescribed by the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice shall appoint such other employees as are needed for the efficient conduct of the business of the department, subject, however, to the provisions of the State Merit System. Their compensation shall be fixed by the Chief Justice under the provisions of the State Merit System department as the salaries of other State Merit System employees are fixed, and such salaries shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner that...
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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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12-8-7
Section 12-8-7 Chief Justice authorized to obtain statistics, etc., from court officials; forfeiture by court officials failing to furnish information requested; preparation by Chief Justice of forms to be filled out and submitted by court officials; statistics, etc., compiled by Chief Justice to be made available to conference. (a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is authorized and empowered to obtain from court officials, including clerks, registers, judges and court reporters, statistics, data and other factual information which he may deem advisable pertaining to the courts, the work of such court officials and any other phase of the work of such officials pertaining to the administration of justice or the operation of the courts or their offices, at such times as he may deem advisable. (b) For the failure of any court official to furnish such information as may be requested from said court official by the Chief Justice, such court official shall forfeit $100.00 to the state...
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12-9-7
Section 12-9-7 Assistance of commission by Legislative Reference Service and by law institute; appointment, etc., of research analyst and other employees; employment and compensation of consultants and experts. (a) The Alabama Legislative Reference Service shall provide such assistance to the commission as the commission may request. The Alabama Law Institute is authorized and empowered, at its discretion, to assist the commission and to use any funds appropriated for its use to assist the commission in its functions and purposes. (b) The Chief Justice may appoint and dismiss a research analyst for the commission who shall perform other duties as directed by the Chief Justice and who shall be subject to the merit system only as to pay plan and who may be paid from any funds appropriated to the Supreme Court or Judicial Conference or any other department or agency of the state which may be headed by the Chief Justice, as the Chief Justice may direct. The Chief Justice may also designate...
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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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12-18-5
Section 12-18-5 Applicability of article to justices and judges; contributions to retirement fund; granting of credit for military service. (a) Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge of the Court of Civil Appeals, judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and judge of the circuit court of the state holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right of election to come under this article. Each justice or judge holding office on September 18, 1973, shall have the right, within three years from September 18, 1973, to file with the clerk of the Supreme Court of Alabama, an instrument in writing electing to come under this article. Each justice or judge of such courts elected or appointed to office after September 18, 1973, shall come under this article as a matter of law. After September 18, 1973, each justice and each judge who has elected to come under this article as provided by this section or who comes under this article by operation of law shall contribute to the Judicial...
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