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12-8-6
Section 12-8-6 Duties of conference generally. It shall be the duty of the Judicial Conference:
(1) To make a continuous study of the administration of justice in this state and of the organization,
procedure, practice, rules and methods of administration and operation of each and all of
the courts of the state; (2) To receive and consider and in its discretion investigate criticisms
and suggestions pertaining to the administration of justice in the state; (3) To prepare for
presentation to the Legislature at each regular session thereof a report of the proceedings
of the conference and its recommendations relative to improving the administration of justice
in Alabama and particularly of expediting the business of the courts and utilizing in the
most appropriate manner the judges of the circuit courts and district courts of the state.
The conference shall also recommend such changes or additions to the rules of practice of
the trial and appellate courts of the state as in its judgment...
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12-2-30
Section 12-2-30 Powers and duties as to supervision and administration of courts generally.
(a) The Chief Justice shall see that the business of the several courts of the state is attended
with proper dispatch and that cases, civil and criminal, are not permitted to become congested
or delayed, and he shall take care that prisoners are not allowed to remain in the jails without
a prompt trial. (b) In connection with these duties and other responsibilities, the Chief
Justice is authorized and empowered: (1) To maintain a roster of supernumerary circuit judges
who are willing and able to undertake special duties from time to time and to assign supernumerary
circuit judges in accordance with the provisions of law and, further, to assign supernumerary
circuit judges and circuit judges, provided they are agreeable, in connection with studies,
projects and functions designed to improve the administration of justice and the courts in
Alabama and in connection with projects, studies and...
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44-2-10
Section 44-2-10 Text of compact. The Interstate Compact for Juveniles is enacted into law and
entered into with all jurisdictions mutually adopting the compact in the form substantially
as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES Article I. Purpose. The compacting states
to this interstate compact recognize that each state is responsible for the proper supervision
or return of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation or parole and
who have absconded, escaped or run away from supervision and control and in so doing have
endangered their own safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also recognize
that each state is responsible for the safe return of juveniles who have run away from home
and in doing so have left their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that
Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized and
encouraged compacts for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in the...
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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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12-8-8
Section 12-8-8 Chief Justice may direct use of appropriated funds by conference, etc.; application
for grants and other assistance for conference. (a) In connection with any of the duties and
work of the Judicial Conference, including the study of the courts of the state, the Chief
Justice is authorized and empowered to direct that any funds appropriated for consultant study
or similar purposes to the Supreme Court and any funds appropriated for the Judicial Conference
may be used in connection with studies and other work of the Permanent Study Commission on
Alabama's Judicial System, the Judicial Conference and/or the Department of Court Management,
in whole or in part. (b) The Chief Justice is further authorized and empowered to apply for
grants and other assistance to any public or any private entity and to take any and all necessary
steps and actions pertaining to the same in connection with the duties and work of the Judicial
Conference. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 118, p....
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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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12-5-10
Section 12-5-10 Powers and duties of Administrative Director of Courts generally. In addition
to any other duties and responsibilities that may be assigned to the Administrative Director
of Courts by the Chief Justice, he shall have the following duties and authority with respect
to all courts, subject to the direction of the Chief Justice: (1) To require the filing of
reports, the collection and compilation of statistical data and other information on the judicial
and financial operation of the courts and on the operation of other offices directly related
to and serving the courts; (2) To determine the state of the dockets and evaluate the practices
and procedures of the courts and make recommendations concerning the number of judges and
other personnel required for the efficient administration of justice; (3) To prescribe uniform
administrative and business methods, systems, forms and records to be used in the offices
of the clerks and registers of courts; (4) To prepare and submit...
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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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41-10-260
Section 41-10-260 Definitions. The following terms, wherever used in this article, shall have
the following respective meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) AUTHORITY.
The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) BOARD OF
DIRECTORS. The board of directors of the authority. (3) BONDS. When used with reference to
debt instruments issued by the authority, means bonds, notes and other forms of indebtedness.
(4) BUILDING COMMISSION. The Building Commission created by Act No. 128 adopted at the 1945
Regular Session of the Legislature of the state, and any successor agency thereto. (5) CHIEF
JUSTICE. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. (6) GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Any bonds or other obligations which as to principal and interest constitute direct obligations
of, or are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, including obligations
of any federal agency to the extent such obligations are...
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15-22-1.1
Section 15-22-1.1 Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. Whereas: The Interstate
Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers was established in 1937, it is the
earliest corrections "compact" established among the states and has not been amended
since its adoption over 62 years ago; Whereas: This compact is the only vehicle for the controlled
movement of adult parolees and probationers across state lines, and it currently has jurisdiction
over more than a quarter of a million offenders; Whereas: The complexities of the compact
have become more difficult to administer, and many jurisdictions have expanded supervision
expectations to include currently unregulated practices such as victim input, victim notification
requirements, and sex offender registration; Whereas: After hearings, national surveys, and
a detailed study by a task force appointed by the National Institute of Corrections, the overwhelming
recommendation has been to amend the document to bring about...
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