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34-3-40
Section 34-3-40 Established; composition; terms of office. (a) The governing body of
Alabama State Bar shall be the Board of Commissioners composed of at least one member from
each judicial circuit; provided that, for this purpose, that part of the Tenth Judicial Circuit,
known as the "Bessemer Cut-off" electoral district, for electing its circuit judge
shall be considered and construed as a separate judicial circuit. Each commissioner, at the
time of nomination and election and during incumbency, shall be a member in good standing
of the Alabama State Bar whose principal office is maintained in the circuit he or she represents.
(b) The membership of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar shall be constituted as
follows: (1) One member from each judicial circuit. (2) One member from the electoral district
of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, known as the "Bessemer Cut-off" electoral district,
for electing its circuit judge. (3) One additional commissioner for each 300 members of the...
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34-3-41
Section 34-3-41 Election of members; selection of at-large members. (a) The members
of the Board of Commissioners for each judicial circuit shall be elected by the members of
the State Bar who maintain their principal office in such circuit; provided, however, that
for the Tenth Circuit, each commissioner shall be elected by the lawyers who maintain their
principal office in the portion of the circuit outside the Bessemer Cut-off electoral district
and each commissioner for the Bessemer Cut-off electoral district shall be elected by the
lawyers who maintain their principal office in that portion of the circuit inside the Bessemer
Cut-off electoral district. Such election shall be by secret ballot, mailed or delivered to
the State Bar headquarters by a date established by the Board of Commissioners. Nothing contained
in this article shall prohibit the election of the president of the State Bar as provided
in this chapter, who shall be a bona fide resident of any judicial circuit of this...
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12-9A-1
Section 12-9A-1 Creation and composition; duties. (a) A permanent study commission on
the judicial resources in Alabama is hereby created and shall be known as the Judicial Resources
Allocation Commission. The commission shall be composed of the following members: (1) The
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, who shall serve as chair. (2) The legal advisor
to the Governor of Alabama. (3) The Alabama Attorney General. (4) Three incumbent circuit
judges appointed by the President of the Circuit Judges Association, one of whom shall be
from the most populous circuit. One member shall be appointed for three years, one member
shall be appointed for four years, and one member shall be appointed for five years. All appointments
to fill vacancies shall be for the duration of the unexpired term and subsequent appointments
shall be for five-year terms. Any member so appointed shall serve only so long as the member
remains an incumbent circuit judge. (5) Three incumbent district judges...
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15-12-23
Section 15-12-23 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Post-conviction proceedings.
(a) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the life and liberty of
those charged with or convicted of serious criminal offenses including proceedings for habeas
corpus or other post-conviction remedies, the trial or presiding judge or chief justice of
the court in which the proceedings may be commenced or pending may appoint counsel through
an indigent defense system approved by the office to represent and assist indigent defendants
if it appears to the court that the indigent defendant is unable financially or otherwise
to obtain the assistance of counsel and desires the assistance of counsel and it further appears
that counsel is necessary in the opinion of the judge to assert or protect the right of the
indigent defendant. (b) In proceedings filed in the district or circuit court involving the
life and liberty of those persons charged or adjudicated for juvenile offenses...
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45-41-83.03
Section 45-41-83.03 Alternative Sentencing Board - Composition. The number of members
comprising the board shall be seven, two of whom shall be nonpermanent members appointed by
the Lee County Commission, and the remaining five being permanent members consisting of the
presiding circuit judge for the 37th Judicial Circuit, a Lee County district judge appointed
by the presiding circuit judge, the Lee County Sheriff, the District Attorney for the 37th
Judicial Circuit, and the Lee County Circuit Clerk. If none of the permanent members is a
minority, then the county commission shall appoint at least one nonpermanent member who reflects
the racial, gender, geographic, economic, urban, rural, and ethnic diversity of Lee County.
(Act 2009-330, p. 558, ยง4.)...
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45-41-83.11
Section 45-41-83.11 Drug court program. (a) The following words shall have the following
meanings for the drug court program: (1) DRUG COURT TEAM. A diverse group of persons consisting
of all of the following: a. A circuit judge appointed by the board. b. The district attorney
or his or her designee. c. A public defender or member of the criminal defense bar appointed
by the board. d. A law enforcement officer appointed by the board. e. The drug court coordinator.
f. A representative from the corrections division of the Lee County Sheriff's office appointed
by the board. g. A court referral officer or state probation officer appointed by the board.
h. Any other person selected by a majority of the drug court team. (2) DRUG OFFENDER. A person
charged with or convicted of an offense involving the use, abuse, or possession of drugs or
drug paraphernalia. Such persons do not include those currently charged with or convicted
of driving or boating under the influence in any state, local,...
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12-8-1
Section 12-8-1 Creation; composition; designation of members. A Judicial Conference
for the State of Alabama is hereby created, which shall consist of: The Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of Alabama and two associate justices of such court, designated by the Chief
Justice; a member of the Court of Criminal Appeals, designated by the presiding judge of that
court; a member of the Court of Civil Appeals, designated by the presiding judge of that court;
three circuit judges of the state, designated by the president of the association of circuit
judges; three lawyers, who are members in good standing of the Alabama State Bar, designated
by the president of the Alabama State Bar; one probate judge, designated by the president
of the association of probate judges; and, subsequent to establishment of the district courts
of Alabama, two district court judges, designated by the president of the association of district
judges, and two municipal court judges, designated by the president of the...
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17-6-25
Section 17-6-25 Order of listing of candidates on ballots. The names of candidates for
each office shall be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname, and the offices
shall be listed in the following order: (1) President (if preference primary). (2) Governor.
(3) Lieutenant Governor. (4) United States Senator. (5) United States Representative. (6)
Attorney General. (7) State Senator. (8) State Representative. (9) Supreme Court Justice.
(10) Court of Civil Appeals Judge. (11) Court of Criminal Appeals Judge. (12) Secretary of
State. (13) State Treasurer. (14) State Auditor. (15) Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
(16) Public Service Commissioner. (17) State Board of Education Member. (18) Circuit Court
Judge. (19) District Attorney. (20) District Court Judge. (21) Circuit Clerk. (22) Other public
officers (to be listed in the order prescribed by the judge of probate). (23) Delegate to
national convention. (24) Other party officers (to be listed in the order...
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34-9-46
Section 34-9-46 Subpoenas and testimony. In all matters pending before it, the board
shall have the power to issue subpoenas and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production
of all necessary papers, books, and records, documentary evidence and materials or other evidence.
Any person failing or refusing to appear or testify regarding any matter about which he or
she may be lawfully questioned or to produce any papers, books, records, documentary evidence,
or materials or other evidence in the matter to be heard, after having been required by order
of the board or by a subpoena of the board to do so, may, upon application by the board to
any circuit judge of the State of Alabama, be ordered to comply therewith; and, upon failure
to comply with the order of the circuit judge, the court may compel obedience by attachment
as for contempt as in case of disobedience of a similar order or subpoena issued by the court.
The president, in a writing filed with the board, may designate and...
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45-17-80
Section 45-17-80 Public law library; librarian and advisory committee; personnel; law
library fund; fee. (a) The governing body of Colbert County, Alabama, by whatever name called,
is hereby authorized to establish and maintain a public law library in the county, and to
accomplish that purpose, may from time to time, expend such public funds of the county, as
are not required by law to be expended for any other purpose or purposes, to provide suitable
housing quarters, furniture, fixtures, and equipment therefor, to keep the same in a good
state of maintenance and repair, and, from time to time, to enlarge, expand, and improve such
library, facilities, and equipment and, from time to time, to provide such books, reports,
and periodicals for the library as are not provided therefor out of the special fund created
by this section or otherwise, and to pay the salaries of an assistant librarian and
such other personnel as may be necessary and proper to operate the same, to the extent that...
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