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45-29-81
Section 45-29-81 Public defender fund. (a) There is established in the Twenty-fourth Judicial
Circuit a public defender fund for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the indigent
defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit to be administered in accordance
with Article 1, commencing with Section 15-12-1, of Title 15. Upon May 4, 1982, the governing
body of each county composing the circuit may establish a public defender fund to be administered
by the clerk of the county commission of that respective county to receive and disburse funds
paid therein in accordance with this section. (b) In order to provide funds for the indigent
defense system within the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit, the following docket fees shall
be collected by the circuit court clerk in each county in addition to the docket fees that
are presently provided by law and when collected by the clerk of the court shall be paid into
the public defender fund. The additional docket fees shall be...
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12-17-224
Section 12-17-224 Special services division; worthless check unit; guidelines for processing
worthless check complaints; fees and restitution; collection and distribution. (a) Each district
attorney may establish a special services division which shall be under the direction and
control of the district attorney, and shall be organized for the following uses and purposes:
(1) A section of the special services division of each district attorney's office may be organized
as a worthless check unit. Each district attorney who elects to establish the unit shall assign
sufficient staff and resources to effectively operate the unit. The worthless check unit of
the special services division of the district attorney's office shall be created for the purpose
of processing worthless checks. (2) Procedures: a. COMPLAINT REFERRALS. After following the
requisites of Section 13A-9-13.1, any party holding a worthless negotiable instrument may
present a "complaint" to the worthless check unit of the...
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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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12-17-186
Section 12-17-186 Appointment of attorney to act for district attorney when office vacant,
district attorney disqualified, etc. (a) The presiding judge of the circuit court, the district
court or the municipal court, when the district attorney or assistant district attorney regularly
required by law to prosecute criminal cases in such court is absent, or connected with the
party against whom it is his duty to appear by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth
degree, or when there is a vacancy in the office from any cause, or when the district attorney
refuses to act, may appoint a competent attorney to act in such district attorney's place,
but such appointment shall in no event extend beyond the session of the court at which the
appointment is made. (b) The attorney so appointed shall receive for his services the sum
of $25.00 per day for the time he is actually engaged in court, to be paid on the warrant
of the Comptroller if the district attorney for whom he is appointed to act...
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12-17-70
Section 12-17-70 Designation of judge to handle domestic relations, divorce, etc., cases in
districts having more than one judge. In those districts having more than one district court
judge, the presiding circuit court judge may designate from time to time a district court
judge, who shall have the same powers and authority as a circuit judge to handle all cases
involving domestic relations, divorce, annulments of marriage, custody and support of children,
granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under the Reciprocal Nonsupport Act and all
other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit court has jurisdiction as well as
all laws pertaining to juvenile and nonsupport cases arising in the county under Title 30
of this code and who shall serve as an ex officio circuit judge when handling such cases,
regardless of any provisions contained in this title or any other laws to the contrary; provided,
that in those counties having one district judge and in which a circuit...
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45-35-232.32
Section 45-35-232.32 Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission. (a) There
is created the Houston County Work Release and Pretrial Release Commission, hereinafter called
the commission. The commission shall be composed of seven persons, including the following:
The Sheriff of Houston County, the District Attorney of the Twentieth Judicial Circuit, the
presiding judge of the circuit, the presiding district court judge, one associate district
court judge appointed by the presiding district court judge, the Chair of the Houston County
Commission or another Houston County Commissioner appointed by the chair, and the Clerk of
the Circuit Court of Houston County. The chair of the commission shall be elected by the commission
from among its membership annually at its first meeting of each calendar year. (b) The commission
shall implement this subpart and generally supervise and administer the functions pursuant
to this subpart, subject to the duly promulgated rules of court....
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12-1-14.2
Section 12-1-14.2 Senior judge status. (a) Any circuit court judge or district court judge
who has served for 10 or more years in any combination of service as a judge of the circuit
court or district court in this state and who retires pursuant to Chapter 18 of this title,
may be appointed as a senior judge. A circuit court judge or district court judge who retires
because of a disability may not be appointed as a senior judge. (b) Any eligible retired judge
may apply to the Chief Justice for appointment as a senior judge and the Chief Justice shall
appoint each qualified applicant as a senior judge. (c) A senior judge may be called upon
to serve as a justice or judge in any court of this state pursuant to a written request for
assistance from the presiding judge of the requesting court made to the Chief Justice. A request
for assistance may be made in any of the following situations: (1) When a judge of the requesting
court is disqualified for any cause from presiding in a matter...
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12-1-24
Section 12-1-24 Pretrial hearings in certain cases to be conducted by audio-video communications.
(a) The presiding judge of each judicial circuit may authorize pretrial motion hearings in
civil and criminal matters in the circuit courts, district courts, and probate courts to be
conducted by telephone conferencing or other audio-video telecommunications means. The presiding
judge shall develop and publish procedures for the conduct of the civil and criminal hearings
in the circuit courts, districts courts, and probate courts in his or her judicial circuit.
(b) The telephone or audio-video telecommunications device used in the hearing shall enable
the judge and all parties to converse simultaneously with each other. (Act 2012-499, p. 1470,
ยง1.)...
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12-19-10
Section 12-19-10 Local purchasing procedures. In order to facilitate the prompt purchase and
delivery of equipment, clerical office supplies, court forms, stationery and other printed
court supplies, hereinafter referred to as "clerical office supplies," used by and
in the offices of circuit judges, district judges, circuit clerks, district clerks, registers,
court administrators, official court reporters, magistrates and jury commissions, the presiding
circuit judge of each judicial circuit is hereby authorized to administer local purchasing
procedures within such judicial circuit and each county thereof as provided in this section.
(1) Not more than 90 days prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, each circuit judge,
district judge, circuit clerk, district clerk, register, court administrator, official court
reporter, magistrate and each jury commission shall submit to the Administrative Director
of Courts a written estimate of the costs of clerical office supplies anticipated to...
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45-45-81.04
Section 45-45-81.04 Court administrator. (a) The office of Court Administrator of the Twenty-third
Judicial Circuit of Alabama is redefined as provided in this section. On May 10, 2012, but
not less than five days thereafter, the presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-third Judicial
Circuit shall nominate for appointment, subject to the approval of a majority vote of the
circuit and district judges of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, a court administrator, who
shall be a confidential employee of this state, subject to laws and rules of the Unified Judicial
System of Alabama, and shall be supervised by the presiding circuit judge of the circuit.
The court administrator and each confidential employee of the office of court administrator
shall be compensated under the Unified Judicial System. The duties and responsibilities of
the court administrator include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (1) The court
administrator shall work with the judges of the Twenty-third Judicial...
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