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12-25-2
Section 12-25-2 Purpose. (a) The purposes of the commission shall be to review existing sentence
structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and to determine and recommend to the
Legislature and Supreme Court changes regarding the criminal code, criminal procedures, and
other aspects of sentencing policies and practices appropriate for the state which: (1) Secure
the public safety of the state by providing a swift and sure response to the commission of
crime. (2) Establish an effective, fair, and efficient sentencing system for Alabama adult
and juvenile criminal offenders which provides certainty in sentencing, maintains judicial
discretion and sufficient flexibility to permit individualized sentencing as warranted by
mitigating or aggravating factors, and avoids unwarranted sentencing disparities among defendants
with like criminal records who have been found guilty of similar criminal conduct. Where there
is disparity, it should be rational and not related, for example, to...
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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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45-9-84.40
Section 45-9-84.40 Expense allowance and salary. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the
following: (1) In Chambers County there has been an increase in the filing of cases involving
mental health involuntary commitments resulting in increased probate court docket filing and
other duties prescribed by the courts and the Legislature. (2) It is the intent, by enactment
of this section, to provide the judge of probate with additional compensation for the increase
in judicial and administrative duties. (b) The Judge of Probate of Chambers County shall receive
an expense allowance of fifteen thousand six hundred dollars ($15,600) per annum payable in
monthly installments commencing on August 1, 2005. The expense allowance shall be in addition
to all other expense allowances and benefits granted to the judge of probate. The expense
allowance shall be paid solely from funds generated by the office of the judge of probate
and not from any funds received by Chambers County for the general...
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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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12-25-9
Section 12-25-9 Duties. The commission shall have the following responsibilities: (1) To review
state sentencing structure, including laws, policies, and practices, and recommend changes
to the criminal code, criminal rules of procedure, and other aspects of sentencing necessary
to accomplish the purposes and objectives of this article. (2) To review the overcrowding
problem in county jails, with particular emphasis on funding for the county jails and the
proper removal of state prisoners from county jails pursuant to state law and state and federal
court orders, and to make recommendations for resolution of these issues to the Governor,
Legislature, Attorney General, and Judicial System Study Commission before the 2002 Regular
Legislative Session. (3) To make recommendations to the Governor, Legislature, Attorney General,
and Judicial System Study Commission concerning the enactment of laws relating to criminal
offenses, sentencing, and correctional or probation matters. (4) To...
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22-52-35
Section 22-52-35 Appointment of special probate judges for consideration, hearing and entry
of orders pertaining to commitment or continued custody of certain persons committed or transferred
to facilities of Department of Mental Health; qualifications, powers, etc., of special probate
judges; conduct of hearings by special probate judges generally. (a) Upon application of the
commissioner or his designee, the Governor may appoint one or more special judges of probate
for the purpose of considering, hearing and entering appropriate orders with regard to the
commitment or continued custody of such persons who have been committed by any court of this
state to any facility pursuant to the provisions of Sections 15-16-24 and 15-16-40, accused
of a crime but not yet tried, or transferred to such facility on order of the Governor, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 4 of this chapter. (b) A special judge of probate appointed under
the provisions of this article shall be vested with all...
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34-29-111
Section 34-29-111 Duties of board; Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee; liability.
(a) It shall be the duty and obligation of the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
to promote the early identification, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of veterinary
professionals licensed to practice veterinary medicine or veterinary technology in Alabama
who may be impaired by reason of illness, inebriation, excessive use of drugs, narcotics,
alcohol, chemicals, or other substances, or as a result of any physical or mental condition.
(b) In order to carry out this obligation the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
may contract with any nonprofit corporation or medical professional association for the purpose
of creating, supporting, and maintaining a committee of veterinary professionals to be designated
the Alabama Veterinary Professionals Wellness Committee. The committee shall consist of not
less than 10 nor more than 15 veterinary professionals licensed...
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45-2-80.87
Section 45-2-80.87 Costs taxed in civil and criminal cases in county courts to fund salaries
of court employees, etc. (a) In addition to any court costs and fees now or hereafter authorized
in Baldwin County, excluding all municipal courts, additional court costs in an amount not
to exceed fifteen dollars ($15) shall be assessed and taxed as costs on each civil case and
on each criminal case, including traffic cases and small claims cases, filed in the circuit
court and district court, including the juvenile court, in Baldwin County. The fees shall
not be waived by any court unless all other fees, assessments, costs, fines, and charges associated
with the case are waived. (b) The additional fees, when collected by the clerks or their collection
officers of the courts, shall be paid into the Baldwin County Law Library and Judicial Administration
Fund to be used to fund the salaries of court employees for the continued operation of the
courts in the county and for other lawful purposes...
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11-44C-92
Section 11-44C-92 Commission form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors voting
in the election provided herein choose the court ordered districted commission form of government
in accordance with the consent decree entered into by the parties and approved by the court
on April 7, 1983, in the case of Bolden vs.City of Mobile, Civil Action No. 75-297, then the
provisions of said court ordered districted commission form shall be applicable to said city.
The three commissioners elected under said court ordered plan from single member districts
shall sit as a board and shall possess and exercise all municipal powers, legislative, executive,
and judicial, possessed and exercised by city governing bodies as provided by sections 11-44-70
through 11-44-105, as amended, and other applicable laws, except that all functions, responsibilities
and operations of the city shall be under the direction and supervision of the board of commissioners
as a whole. All three commissioners...
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16-6G-4
Section 16-6G-4 Use of funds in support of Alabama Reading Initiative; literacy and reading
specialists. (a) Funds appropriated by the Legislature in support of the Alabama Reading Initiative
shall be allocated to support the following: (1) Local education agencies to support local
reading specialists. (2) The Alabama Summer Achievement Program. (3) Regional literacy specialists.
(4) Preservice and inservice teacher professional learning activities for elementary school
teachers in reading. (5) Curricula to support student interventions. (6) State administration.
(b) Funds dedicated to the Alabama Reading Initiative shall be expended on local and regional
reading specialists, professional learning activities, and administrative activities that
support all of the following activities for kindergarten through third grade students in public
K-12 schools; continued funding shall be contingent on measurable performance growth, as determined
by the task force established under subsection (a)...
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