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12-25-4
Section 12-25-4 Advisory council. (a) An advisory council to the commission shall be established
to advise and consult the commission on sentencing matters. The advisory council shall be
composed of representatives from the various state and non-state agencies and organizations
having an interest in or whose operations directly or indirectly impact upon the criminal
justice system. Membership of the advisory council shall include: (1) The Director of Public
Safety, or his or her designee. (2) The Director of the Department of Youth Services, or his
or her designee. (3) A sheriff appointed by the Alabama Sheriff's Association. (4) A police
chief appointed by the Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police. (5) A director of a community
corrections program appointed by the Chief Justice. (6) A representative of a prison ministry
organization, who is not employed by the state, appointed by the Commissioner of the Department
of Corrections. (7) A rehabilitated former prison inmate appointed by...
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45-45-82.51
Section 45-45-82.51 Legislative findings. The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) The Madison County Judicial System faces a severe crisis. The Twenty-third Judicial Circuit
has the highest caseload in Alabama. The number of criminal cases has doubled during the last
five years, resulting in a backlog of almost 4,500 cases, including approximately 18 capital
murder cases. Some defendants have been awaiting trial for almost five years. The caseload
facing prosecutors is staggering. Individual drug crime prosecutors are assigned in excess
of 500 cases and it is not uncommon for each prosecutor to prepare to try 60 cases on a single
week's docket. The sheer number of criminal defendants is so large that judges cannot bring
them all into the courtroom without violating an order of the Madison County Fire Marshal.
(2) While faced with these virtually insurmountable problems, the state budget for fiscal
year 2004 has required the system to bear cuts so draconian that the...
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12-25-33
Section 12-25-33 Powers and duties of commission. To achieve the goals recognized by the Legislature
in Chapter 25 and Section 12-25-31, the commission shall: (1) Develop, maintain, and modify
as necessary a system of statewide voluntary sentencing standards for use in felony cases
which shall take into account historical sentencing data, concerning time actually served
for various felony offenses, sentences imposed for various felony offenses, and such other
factors as appear historically relevant to determining both the duration and disposition of
sentences in felony cases. The standards shall recognize a continuum of punishments in recommending
the disposition of sentences. (2) Educate judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, victim's
service officers, community corrections officials, probation officers, and other personnel,
where appropriate, in the use of the voluntary sentencing standards and worksheets. (3) Develop,
distribute, and periodically update sentencing worksheets for...
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22-52-10.8
Section 22-52-10.8 Order for involuntary commitment for inpatient treatment to be entered into
Criminal Justice Information System and NICS; redaction of order upon removal of limitation
to purchase firearm. (a) When the judge of probate of a county enters an order for the involuntary
commitment of a person pursuant to Section 22-52-10.1, and the order is for a final commitment
for inpatient treatment to the Department of Mental Health or a Veterans' Administration hospital,
or as otherwise provided by law, the judge shall immediately forward the order to the Alabama
Law Enforcement Agency and the order shall be entered in its information systems. The order
shall be forwarded to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency in the manner as the Alabama Justice
Information Center Commission shall provide. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency shall as soon
as possible thereafter enter the order in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System
(NICS) and the information shall be entered into...
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38-9D-3
Section 38-9D-3 Alabama Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. There is created
the Alabama Interagency Council for the Prevention of Elder Abuse. The members of the council
shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) The chief executive officer, or his
or her designee, of each of the following participating agencies and organizations: a. The
Alabama 911 Network. b. The Administrative Office of Courts. c. The Attorney General. d. The
Banking Department. e. The Coalition Against Domestic Violence. f. The Crime Victims Compensation
Commission. g. The Department of Forensic Sciences. h. The Department of Human Resources.
i. The Department of Insurance. j. The Department of Mental Health. k. The Department of Public
Health. l. The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency. m. The Department of Senior Services.
n. The Department of Veterans Affairs. o. The Governor's Office of Faith Based Initiatives
and Community Service. p. The Medicaid Agency. q. The Office of...
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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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12-9A-7
Section 12-9A-7 Temporary assignment of circuit or district judge to another circuit. (a) The
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, by order, shall assign a circuit or district
judge from a judicial circuit to serve within another judicial circuit for a reasonable period
of time to address court congestion, court delay, civil and criminal backlog of cases, or
for any other reason necessary for the prompt and thorough administration of justice. (b)
When considering the amount of time a judge may be assigned from his or her home circuit to
another circuit, the Chief Justice shall take into consideration all relevant circumstances
regarding the judicial needs of the circuits involved. (c) A judge assigned to serve another
circuit under subsection (a) shall be reimbursed for any necessary and reasonable expenses
of travel and the same maintenance expense allowances from the State Treasury that the judge
would be entitled to receive when attending court or transacting other...
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45-36-80.05
Section 45-36-80.05 Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. SECTION 4 OF ACT 2019-215 WAS
AMENDED BY ACT 2020-119 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN
THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) This section shall be known and cited as the Jackson County
Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following:
(1) The financial restraints existing in the State General Fund budget have resulted in a
shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of many judicial employees.
In Jackson County, three employees in the circuit clerk's office who were scheduled for layoff
have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds appropriated to the
Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied upon in the future.
Revenue from this section will restore funding for some judicial employees in the circuit.
(2) This section addresses this problem by increasing court costs. (c) In...
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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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12-15-133
Section 12-15-133 Filing and inspection of records. (a) The following records, reports, and
information acquired or generated in juvenile courts concerning children shall be confidential
and shall not be released to any person, department, agency, or entity, except as provided
elsewhere in this section: (1) Juvenile legal files (including formal documents as petitions,
notices, motions, legal memoranda, orders, and decrees). (2) Social records, including but
not limited to: a. Records of juvenile probation officers. b. Records of the Department of
Human Resources. c. Records of the Department of Youth Services. d. Medical records. e. Psychiatric
or psychological records. f. Reports of preliminary inquiries and predisposition studies.
g. Supervision records. h. Birth certificates. i. Individualized service plans. j. Education
records, including, but not limited to, individualized education plans. k. Detention records.
l. Demographic information that identifies a child or the family of a...
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