15-12-4
Section 15-12-4 Voluntary indigent defense advisory boards. (a) Creation. In each judicial circuit, a voluntary indigent defense advisory board shall be established. (b) Composition; qualifications, appointment, term of office, and removal of members; vacancies. - The voluntary indigent defense advisory board shall be composed of five members who are residents of the judicial circuit in which they are appointed, including the presiding circuit judge as the chair, the president of the local circuit bar association and three other attorneys all selected by the bar commissioner or commissioners for that circuit. The membership of the voluntary indigent defense advisory board in each judicial circuit shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, and economic diversity of the judicial circuit. In a multi-county circuit, the bar commissioner or commissioners shall select the president of a county bar association existing within the circuit to serve on the indigent defense advisory...
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15-12-21
Section 15-12-21 Appointment and compensation of counsel - Trial court. (a) If it appears to the trial court that an indigent defendant is entitled to counsel, that the indigent defendant does not expressly waive the right to assistance of counsel, and that the indigent defendant is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel through another indigent defense system for the circuit, the court shall appoint counsel to represent and assist the defendant. It shall be the duty of the appointed counsel, as an officer of the court and as a member of the bar, to represent and assist the indigent defendant to the best of his or her ability. (b) If it appears to the trial court in a delinquency case, need of supervision case, or other judicial proceeding in which a juvenile is a party, that the juvenile is entitled to counsel and that the juvenile is not able financially or otherwise to obtain the assistance of counsel or that appointed counsel is otherwise required by...
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12-23A-2
Section 12-23A-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADVISORY COMMITTEE. A local committee which may consist of the following members or their designees: a. The drug court judge, who shall serve as chair. b. The district attorney. c. The public defender or a member of the criminal defense bar. d. The drug court coordinator. e. The court clerk. f. A community corrections or court referral officer, or both. g. A pretrial services provider. h. A law enforcement officer. i. Substance abuse treatment providers. j. Any other person the chair deems appropriate. (2) ASSESSMENT. A diagnostic evaluation for placement in a treatment program which shall be performed in accordance with criteria certified by the Department of Mental Health, Substance Abuse Services Division. (3) CHARGE. As defined in Section 12-25-32(13). (4) CONTINUUM OF CARE. A seamless and coordinated course of substance abuse education and treatment designed to meet...
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41-4-323
Section 41-4-323 Purpose; employees; compensation and benefits; payment of expenses; implementation; additional duties of director. (a) The Office of Indigent Defense Services is established to carry out the administrative duties relating to the provision of indigent defense services. The director shall use existing employees of the Department of Finance and its existing offices, as assigned by the Director of Finance. The director's salary shall not exceed the state salary paid to a district attorney and be paid at the same time and in the same manner that salaries of other state employees are paid. The Director of the Office of Indigent Defense Services shall be entitled to annual and sick leave, insurance, retirement, and other state employee benefits, including cost-of-living raises authorized by the Legislature for state employees. (b) The director may enter into contracts, and accept funds, grants, and charitable donations from any public or private source to pay expenses...
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45-24-80
Section 45-24-80 Dallas County Law Library Fund; board. (a)(l) There is created a fund to be designated the Dallas County Law Library Fund, which fund shall be expended as hereinafter provided for the sole purpose of establishing, maintaining, equipping, administering, and operating the law library at the courthouse of Dallas County. (2) In each criminal or quasicriminal or civil case or any other proceeding filed in, arising in, or brought by appeal, on certiorari or otherwise in the Circuit Court, District Court, or Small Claims Court of Dallas County, there shall be taxed as part of the costs the sum of six dollars ($6) to be designated as a law library fee. (3) Such fees when collected by the clerks or other collecting officers of such courts shall be paid to the treasurer or depository of Dallas County for the deposit in the county treasury in a separate account to be designated the Dallas County Law Library Fund. (b)(l) There is created a board to administer the Dallas County Law...
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12-25-3
Section 12-25-3 Membership. (a) The commission shall consist of the following voting members: (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, or at his or her designation, a sitting or retired judge, who shall serve as chair, or at his or her designation another member of the commission shall serve as chair. (2) The Governor, or his or her designee. (3) The Attorney General, or his or her designee. (4) Three district attorneys appointed by the President of the Alabama District Attorneys' Association. (5) Two circuit judges, active or retired, appointed by the President of the Alabama Association of Circuit Court Judges. (6) A district judge, active or retired, appointed by the President of the Alabama Association of District Court Judges. (7) Two victims of a violent felony or persons whose immediate family member was a victim of a violent felony, appointed by the Governor. (8) The Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, or his or her designee who is a member of the House Judiciary...
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36-18-52
Section 36-18-52 Creation of advisory board. (a) There is created the Alabama Chemical Testing Training and Equipment Trust Fund Advisory Board to be appointed as follows: (1) The President of the Alabama Sheriffs' Association shall appoint one sheriff. (2) The Alabama Association of Chiefs of Police shall appoint one police chief from a city of less than 25,000 population and one police chief from a city of greater than 25,000 population according to the last federal census. (3) The Alabama Attorney General shall appoint one prosecutor. (4) The Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court shall appoint one district or municipal judge and one circuit judge. (5) The Governor shall appoint one citizen at large. (6) The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member of the Alabama Senate. (7) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one member of the House of Representatives. (8) The Technical Director, Implied Consent Program, Department of Forensic Sciences, and the...
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41-9-1060
Section 41-9-1060 Creation; composition; meetings. (a) The Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System is created. (b) The commission shall be composed of all of the following members: (1) Three members of each house, to be appointed by the presiding officer in each house. One member of each house shall be designated the co-chairperson of the commission. (2) The Director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or his or her designee. (3) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections or his or her designee. (4) The Executive Director of the Alabama Department of Youth Services or his or her designee. (5) The Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources or his or her designee. (6) The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health or his or her designee. (7) The Executive Director of the Alabama Sentencing Commission or his or her designee. (8) The State Health Officer of the Alabama Department of Public Health or his or her designee. (9) The Chancellor of...
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34-22-8
Section 34-22-8 Disciplinary action; charges; hearing; judicial procedure; appeals; sanctions; immunity of board, etc., from suit. (a) Any person, including a licensed optometrist may initiate a charge of violation of the provisions of this chapter or a charge of misconduct by a licensed optometrist by filing with the secretary of the board a written statement under oath of the charge or charges against the accused. If a member of the board files a charge, the member shall not participate in the hearing or disposition of the charge, except to the extent of giving testimony in connection with the charge. The member filing the charge shall not be present during the hearing or deliberation of the charge except to give testimony. A discreet preliminary investigation into the charge or charges shall be made by the board, after which, if the board is reasonably satisfied that the charge or charges are not frivolous, the board shall hear the charge or charges under rules of procedure to be...
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16-44B-1
Section 16-44B-1 Compact. ARTICLE I PURPOSE It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to education success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: A. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of...
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