12-14-17
Section 12-14-17 Procedure for abolition of municipal courts by governing bodies of municipalities; effect of abolition generally. (a) The governing body of any municipality having a municipal court may at any time by ordinance abolish its municipal court and the jurisdiction of the court so abolished shall be transferred to the district court of the district in which the municipality is located under the conditions and effective dates provided in this section. A certified copy of the ordinance abolishing the municipal court shall be transmitted by certified mail to the clerk of the district court for the district in which the municipality is located, the presiding judge of the circuit court for the judicial circuit in which the municipality is located, the clerk of the circuit court, the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Secretary of State and the Administrative Director of the Courts. (b) All pending cases and process in those cases which are to be acted upon by the district court...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-14-17.htm - 3K - Match Info - Similar pages
15-5-50
Section 15-5-50 Warrant for tracking device installation; requirements; procedures. (a) Any circuit or district court judge in this state is authorized to issue a warrant to install a tracking device. The term tracking device means an electronic or mechanical device which permits the tracking of the movement of a person or object. (b) Upon the written application, under oath, of any law enforcement officer as defined in Alabama Rule of Criminal Procedure 1.4, district attorney, or Attorney General of the state, including assistant and deputy district attorneys and assistant and deputy attorneys general, any authorized judge may issue a warrant for the installation, retrieval, maintenance, repair, use, or monitoring of a tracking device. The warrant application shall do all of the following: (1) State facts sufficient to show probable cause that a crime is being, has been, or is about to be committed in the jurisdiction of the issuing judge. (2) Identify the person, if reasonably...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/15-5-50.htm - 8K - Match Info - Similar pages
15-18-8
Section 15-18-8 Terms of confinement, etc.; probation. (a) When a defendant is convicted of an offense, other than a sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4, that constitutes a Class A or Class B felony offense, and receives a sentence of 20 years or less in any court having jurisdiction to try offenses against the State of Alabama and the judge presiding over the case is satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interests of the public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, he or she may order: (1) That a defendant convicted of a Class A or Class B felony be confined in a prison, jail-type institution, or treatment institution for a period not exceeding three years in cases where the imposed sentence is not more than 15 years, and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence be suspended notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary and that the defendant be placed on probation for such period and upon such terms as the court...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/15-18-8.htm - 7K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-37-121.02
Section 45-37-121.02 Personnel board - Composition; meetings. The personnel board shall be comprised of seven members consisting of the following persons: The Chair of the County Commission of Jefferson County; the mayor of the municipality having the greatest number of employees in the classified service; one member of the Jefferson County Mayors Association, an Alabama nonprofit corporation, not otherwise serving hereunder who is appointed by its governing body; two employees in the classified service, one of whom shall be African American not otherwise serving hereunder who shall be elected by popular vote of the permanent employees in the classified service from a list of nominations submitted to the director under the signatures of at least five employees in the classified service on or before September 30 of each year; and two persons appointed by the presiding Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, one of whom shall reside in the Bessemer judicial division and one of whom shall...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-37-121.02.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-41-80.03
Section 45-41-80.03 Family court division. (a) A Family Court Division of the Circuit Court of the 37th Judicial Circuit is hereby established and shall become effective upon initiation of the first term of office of circuit judgeship number 3. The judge occupying judgeship number 3 shall preside over the family court division. (b) The family court division shall handle all cases and proceedings involving divorces, annulments of marriages, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any reciprocal nonsupport act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit under Chapters 3 and 4, Title 40. (c) The division shall also have and exercise jurisdiction over juveniles for the purposes of subsection (b), and for the enforcement of Chapter 15, Title 12. (d) All cases and proceedings involving domestic relations and marital matters which originate in the circuit court shall be assigned to the family court division. If the docket...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-41-80.03.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-49-140.08
Section 45-49-140.08 Board of trustees. (a) The affairs and business of the district shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of five members who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the district unless a candidate is unopposed for office. A candidate who is unopposed for office shall be declared elected by the judge of probate immediately following the close of the qualification period. Beginning with the year 1998, the election shall be held on the last Tuesday in March of each year and any runoff election, if needed, shall be held three weeks later. The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be administered by the judge of probate. No person shall be elected to the board unless the person is a property owner of the district. The election shall be for a term of four years; provided, however, that two of the initial five members shall be for a term of two years, two shall be for a term of three years, and one shall be for a term of four years. The term of office...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-49-140.08.htm - 2K - Match Info - Similar pages
25-5-8
Section 25-5-8 Employers' options to secure payment of compensation. (a) Option to insure risks. An employer subject to this chapter may secure the payment of compensation under this chapter by insuring and keeping insured his or her liability in some insurance corporation, association, organization, insurance association, corporation, or association formed of employers and workers or formed by a group of employers to insure the risks under this chapter, operating by mutual assessment or other plans or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the insurance association, organization, or corporation shall have first had its contract and plan of business approved in writing by the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance of Alabama and have been authorized by the Department of Insurance to transact the business of workers' compensation insurance in this state and under the plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, the obligations of employers under law for...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/25-5-8.htm - 14K - Match Info - Similar pages
45-45-82
Section 45-45-82 Child protection board and fund. (a) In order to provide for the protection and welfare of children in Madison County who are alleged to be or have been found by the juvenile court of the county to be abused or neglected or otherwise dependent as defined by Section 12-15-102, there is levied and imposed a court cost of four dollars ($4), in all cases filed in the district court of the county, which shall be in addition to all other costs previously imposed. The clerk of the court shall collect the costs and remit them to a fund to be designated as the Child Protection Fund in the county treasury. (b)(1)a. There is established a board to be known as the Child Protection Board of Madison County. The board shall consist of seven members. The presiding district judge, after consulting with the district court judges of Madison County, shall appoint the six initial board members, two members to serve four-year terms, two members to serve three-year terms, and two members to...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/45-45-82.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
12-12-70
Section 12-12-70 Right of appeal and procedure for appeals generally; dismissal for failure to appear. (a) Civil cases. Any party may appeal from a final judgment of the district court in a civil case by filing notice of appeal in the district court, within 14 days from the date of the judgment or the denial of a posttrial motion, whichever is later, or, if the appeal is to an appellate court, within the time prescribed by the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure or the Alabama Rules of Juvenile Procedure where applicable, together with security for costs as required by law or rule. (b) Criminal cases. A defendant may appeal from a final judgment of the district court in a criminal or quasi-criminal case by filing notice of appeal within 14 days from the date of judgment or from the date of denial of a post-trial motion, whichever is later, together with such bond as may be fixed by the court, conditioned upon the defendant's appearance before the circuit court; provided, however, that...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-12-70.htm - 5K - Match Info - Similar pages
12-17-161
Section 12-17-161 Separate office of clerk of district court may be established; appointment and removal of clerk; abolition of separate office; participation in supernumerary fund. (a) Authority and responsibility for the operation of a separate clerk's office for the district court of a county may be authorized by the Supreme Court upon the written request of the clerk of the circuit court or the judges of the district court. When the Supreme Court authorizes a separate clerk's office for the district court of a county, the clerk of the circuit court shall not be the ex officio clerk of the district court and shall have no administrative responsibilities for and supervision over the operation of the office. Whenever a separate district clerk's office is authorized, the administrative responsibility for and supervision of the records and clerical services of the respective district court is vested in an official who shall be known as the clerk of the district court, who shall perform...
alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/CodeOfAlabama/1975/12-17-161.htm - 4K - Match Info - Similar pages
|