11-65-10
Section 11-65-10 Powers and duties of commission. When authorized by one or more elections as provided in Section 11-65-4, a commission shall have the powers and duties necessary to license, regulate, and supervise horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon within the commission municipal jurisdiction, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the powers and duties hereinafter set forth in this section or in other sections of this chapter. (1) A commission shall have succession in perpetuity, subject only to the provisions of this chapter as it may be amended from time to time. (2) A commission shall have the power to sue and be sued in its own name in civil suits and actions and to defend suits against it. (3) A commission shall have the power to adopt and make use of an official seal and to alter the same at pleasure. (4) A commission shall have the power to adopt, alter, and repeal bylaws, regulations and...
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12-2-94
Section 12-2-94 Confidential assistant. The Clerk of the Supreme Court may appoint a confidential assistant who shall perform such duties as may be required and who shall be subject to the merit system only as to the pay plan. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he shall execute to the State of Alabama a bond, to be approved by the Governor, in the amount of $5,000.00, for the faithful performance of his duties. (Code 1907, §5992; Acts 1919, No. 690, p. 999; Acts 1923, No. 600, p. 789; Code 1923, §10328; Acts 1927, No. 612, p. 710; Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 138, p. 124; Code 1940, T. 13, §58; Code 1940, T. 41, §115; Acts 1943, No. 122, p. 123; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 208, p. 2190.)...
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12-3-4
Section 12-3-4 Presiding judges. (a) The presiding judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be elected by the members of such court for a term to be set by such court, in no event for a longer time than the term for which such judge is chosen. (b) The presiding judge of the Court of Civil Appeals shall be the judge of such court who has served the longest period of time as judge of such court. In cases of equal seniority, the presiding judge shall be chosen as follows: (1) If more than one judge was elected at the same election, the presiding judge shall be elected by lot from the judges who are so situated, and shall serve as presiding judge for the term which he is then filling as a judge of such court. (2) If more than one judge was appointed by the Governor at the same time, their seniority shall be governed by the order in which their names appear on the list of appointees submitted by the Governor to the Secretary of State. (Acts 1969, No. 987, p. 1744, §§21, 22; Acts 1971,...
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12-8-2
Section 12-8-2 Terms of office of members. The Chief Justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals shall serve as members of such conference until their designations are changed. The first circuit judges and lawyers shall be appointed one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years and one for a term of three years. Thereafter, their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. The first district and municipal judges shall be appointed, one for a term of two years and one for a term of three years. Thereafter, their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. The probate judge shall be appointed for a term of three years, and his successors shall be appointed for three-year terms. (Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 74, p. 1949, §2; Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 118, p. 4343.)...
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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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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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12-17-310
Section 12-17-310 Existing positions continued; authorization of additional positions by Administrative Director of Courts. Positions for bailiffs existing on October 10, 1975, shall continue as provided by law. Additional positions for bailiffs in the circuit and district court may be authorized by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of presiding circuit judges. Bailiffs, when authorized, shall be confidential employees employed by and serving at the pleasure of the judge in whose court they serve. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-107.)...
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12-19-91
Section 12-19-91 Clerks of Supreme Court or courts of appeals. (a) The clerks of the courts of appeal shall be entitled to receive the following fees for the following services, to be paid to the treasurer as provided in this article: (1) Docketing each case ..... $ .30 (2) Entering each appearance, to include all attorneys appearing on the same side for the same parties ..... .30 (3) Each bond ..... .50 (4) Each appeal ..... .50 (5) Each order ..... .50 (6) Each continuance ..... .25 (7) Each judgment ..... 1.00 (8) Each mandate or certificate to the court below ..... 2.00 (9) Each writ in the nature of scire facias, certiorari, mandamus, prohibition or other similar writ ..... 1.00 (10) Filing the same with return ..... .20 (11) Each writ of execution ..... 1.00 (12) Taxing costs, copying and entering satisfaction ..... .85 (13) Copying opinions, record or paper, in his office, for each 100 words ..... .15 (14) In each case an additional fee of ..... 4.00 (b) For petitions for...
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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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45-49-82
Section 45-49-82 Additional court costs - All cases docketed in circuit court. (a) In each civil action at law, suits in equity, criminal case, or any other proceeding which has originated or may hereafter originate in the Circuit Court of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, there shall be taxed as costs the sum of two dollars ($2) which shall be in addition to all other court costs. (b) All additional costs as provided herein shall be collected by the clerk or register in the same manner as other court costs are collected by the clerk or register, and shall be paid into the county treasury and deposited and kept in a special fund to be known as the Court Administration Fund. The fund shall be expended by the Presiding Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit to promote the administration of justice in the circuit. (c) The Presiding Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit is authorized to requisition expenditures from the Court Administration Fund for the more effective administration of...
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