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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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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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36-14-13
Section 36-14-13 Acts and resolutions of Legislature - Distribution of additional copies, and
sale of surplus copies; electronic distribution. (a) The Secretary of State must also transmit
to the chair of the county commission and the judges of probate of each county, for such judge,
each member of the Legislature, clerk of any court of record, sheriff, and register of the
circuit court, one copy of each volume. The remaining copies must be sold as other books and
documents, the property of the state, at a price to be established by the Secretary of State,
and the proceeds thereof paid into the Treasury. (b)(1) In lieu of binding and distributing
copies of each volume of acts and resolutions as required under subsection (a), the distribution
may be made by electronic means, including the posting of the acts and resolutions on the
public website of the Secretary of State. (2) If the Secretary of State elects to distribute
copies of each volume of acts and resolutions by electronic means...
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45-26-72
Section 45-26-72 Election. (a) The organization and composition of the County Commission of
Elmore County is altered to comply with this section. The governing body shall continue to
be known as the County Commission of Elmore County and shall have and exercise all of the
powers, duties, limitations, and responsibilities conferred upon it by the general laws of
Alabama relating to county commissions insofar as they are consistent with this section. For
the purpose of transacting official business, a quorum shall consist of three commissioners.
(b) Each member of the Elmore County Commission shall represent a separate district. Only
the qualified electors residing in a district may vote to elect the commissioner representing
the respective district. No person shall be eligible as a candidate for county commissioner
unless he or she is a bona fide resident of the district he or she seeks to represent. Each
member of the county commission shall reside in the district he or she represents...
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45-37-121.19
Section 45-37-121.19 Dismissals, demotions, suspensions, and appeals. (a) An appointing authority
may dismiss or demote an employee holding permanent status for just cause whenever he or she
considers the good of the service will be served thereby, for reason stated in writing, served
on the affected employee, and a copy furnished to the director, which action shall become
a public record. The dismissed or demoted employee may within 10 days after notice, appeal
from the action of the appointing authority by filing with the board and the appointing authority
a written answer to the charges. The board shall order a public hearing of such charges. The
hearing shall be before a panel of three attorneys randomly selected by the presiding Judge
of Probate of Jefferson County from a list of attorneys who are licensed to practice law in
this state and who are otherwise qualified in the opinion of the judge of probate to hear
the appeal. The panel shall hear testimony offered in support and...
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45-41-80.03
Section 45-41-80.03 Family court division. (a) A Family Court Division of the Circuit Court
of the 37th Judicial Circuit is hereby established and shall become effective upon initiation
of the first term of office of circuit judgeship number 3. The judge occupying judgeship number
3 shall preside over the family court division. (b) The family court division shall handle
all cases and proceedings involving divorces, annulments of marriages, custody and support
of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any reciprocal nonsupport
act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit under Chapters 3 and
4, Title 40. (c) The division shall also have and exercise jurisdiction over juveniles for
the purposes of subsection (b), and for the enforcement of Chapter 15, Title 12. (d) All cases
and proceedings involving domestic relations and marital matters which originate in the circuit
court shall be assigned to the family court division. If the docket...
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12-16-36
Section 12-16-36 Appointment of persons to act as members of commission in event of absence
from state, sickness, etc., of two members. In the event that two members of the jury commission
are absent from the state, sick or for any reason cannot discharge the duties imposed upon
them by this article, then the other member of the commission shall notify any judge of a
court of record residing in the county to appear and take the place of the absent members;
and, in such case, one judge and one member shall constitute a quorum. If no such judge is
present or able to serve, the other member must immediately notify the Governor, who shall
appoint competent persons to act as members of the commission until the regular members are
present and able to discharge their duties. (Acts 1939, No. 59, p. 86; Code 1940, T. 30, ยง13.)...
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12-9A-2
Section 12-9A-2 Reallocation of vacant judgeship. (a) Only in the event of a vacancy due to
death, retirement, resignation, or removal from office of a district or circuit judge, the
Judicial Resources Allocation Commission shall have 30 days to determine whether to reallocate
such judgeship to another district or circuit. The commission may also choose to reallocate
a judgeship if the incumbent judge is not eligible to run for reelection as a result of the
age limitation provided for in Section 155 of the Constitution of Alabama 1901, as amended,
by notifying the Secretary of State no later than one year prior to the close of qualifying
for candidates to run for such judgeship. All reallocation decisions require a two-thirds
vote of the commission members. In determining whether to reallocate such judgeship, the commission
shall consider the need based on the district and court rankings as determined pursuant to
Section 12-9A-1. However, in no event shall the commission reallocate a...
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17-8-4
Section 17-8-4 Replacement of ineligible member of appointing board. Upon receiving the certificate
provided for in Section 17-8-3, the remaining members of the appointing board shall forthwith
and without delay appoint a qualified elector to take the place of each member of the appointing
board who is a candidate for election, and shall cause the elector so appointed to be informed
of his or her appointment. No person shall be appointed who is a candidate for any office
to be voted for in that election. If the remaining members of the appointing board are unable
to agree as to who should take the place of an appointing board member who is a candidate
for election or if all members of the appointing board are unable to serve, the presiding
circuit court judge shall make the appointment. The person so appointed shall perform all
the duties and be vested with all the powers of the regular members of the appointing board,
and shall take an oath to faithfully perform his or her duties....
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45-14-91
Section 45-14-91 Clay County Industrial Development Council - Created; composition; meetings;
reimbursement of expenses. (a) Pursuant to Amendment 682 of the Constitution of Alabama of
1901, there is created and established the Clay County Industrial Development Council on the
first day of the first month next following May 17, 2001. The members of the council shall
be appointed as follows: (1) The county commissioners for commission districts 1, 2, and 3
shall each appoint one member who shall serve an initial term of one year. (2) The county
commissioners for commission districts 4 and 5 shall each appoint one member who shall serve
an initial term of two years. (3) Each incorporated municipality in the county shall appoint
one member for an initial term of three years. (4) A consensus of the state legislative delegation
for the county shall appoint two members for initial terms of four years. (b) When the appointments
have been made, the council shall be composed of 11 members who...
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