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12-17-184
Section 12-17-184 Powers and duties generally. It is the duty of every district attorney and
assistant district attorney, within the circuit, county, or other territory for which he or
she is elected or appointed: (1) To attend on the grand juries, advise them in relation to
matters of law, and examine and swear witnesses before them. (2) To draw up all indictments
and to prosecute all indictable offenses. (3) To prosecute and defend any civil action in
the circuit court in the prosecution or defense of which the state is interested. (4) To inquire
whether registers have performed the duty required of them by Section 12-17-117 and shall,
in every case of failure, move against the register as provided by subsection (b) of Section
12-17-114. (5) If a criminal prosecution is removed from a court of his or her circuit, county,
or division of a county to a court of the United States, to appear in that court and represent
the state; and, if it is impracticable, consistent with his or her...
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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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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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12-18-81
Section 12-18-81 Right of election of probate judges holding office on or after December 27,
1973, to come under provisions of Article 1 of chapter; filing of instrument as to election
with Clerk of Supreme Court, county commission and Secretary-Treasurer of State Employees'
Retirement System; applicability of provisions of Article 1 of chapter to probate judges elected
or appointed to office after October 1, 1976; state and local governing bodies authorized
to pick up member contributions to retirement fund. Each probate judge holding office in the
several counties of Alabama on or after December 27, 1973, and prior to October 1, 1976, shall
have a right to elect to come under the provisions of Article 1 of this chapter in accordance
with the provisions of this article. Each such probate judge who elects to come under the
provisions of article 1 of this chapter shall, prior to the first Monday after the second
Tuesday in January, 1977, file with the Clerk of the Supreme Court of...
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36-15-1
Section 36-15-1 Duties generally. The Attorney General shall keep his or her office at the
capital city and perform the following duties: (1)a. He or she shall give his or her opinion
in writing, or otherwise, on any question of law connected with the interests of the state
or with the duties of any of the departments, when required by the Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries,
Director of Finance, Comptroller, State Health Officer, Public Service Commissioners, Commissioner
of Conservation and Natural Resources, or the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue or
any other officer or department of the state when it is made, by law, his or her duty so to
do, and he or she shall also give his or her opinion to the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
of either house, when required, upon any matter under the consideration of the committee.
b. The Attorney General shall give his or her opinion, in writing...
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12-10A-1
Section 12-10A-1 Compensation of judges - Uniform plan. (a) In recognition of the disparity
in compensation of circuit and district judges caused by varying amounts of local supplements
to state salaries and the need for a uniform plan of compensation, the following comprehensive
plan is adopted for the compensation of judges. This plan, when implemented, shall reward
judges for judicial experience and phase out local salary supplements and expense allowances.
(1) On October 1, 2000, the salary of circuit judges paid from the State Treasury shall be
increased to the amount authorized for attorneys in the classified service of the state as
Attorney IV, step 14, on June 10, 1999, and the salary of the Supreme Court Justices, judges
of the appellate courts, and district judges shall be adjusted correspondingly as provided
by Act 90-111, 1990 Regular Session (Acts 1990, p. 132). (2) On October 1, 2001, the salary
of circuit judges paid from the State Treasury shall be increased to the...
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15-22-54
Section 15-22-54 Period of probation; termination of probation; violation of terms of probation;
sanctions. (a) The period of probation or suspension of execution of sentence shall be determined
by the court and shall not be waived by the defendant, and the period of probation or suspension
may be continued, extended, or terminated. However, except as provided in Section 32-5A-191
relating to ignition interlock requirements, in no case shall the maximum probation period
of a defendant guilty of a misdemeanor exceed two years, nor shall the maximum probation period
of a defendant guilty of a felony exceed five years, except as provided in Section 13A-8-2.1.
When the conditions of probation or suspension of sentence are fulfilled, the court shall,
by order duly entered on its minutes, discharge the defendant. (b) The court granting probation,
upon the recommendation of the officer supervising the probationer, may terminate all authority
and supervision over the probationer prior to the...
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45-4-111
Section 45-4-111 Electronic voting system authorized; requirements for use. (a) As used in
this section: (1) "Automatic tabulating equipment" shall mean apparatus which automatically
examines and counts votes recorded on paper ballots or ballot cards and tabulates the results.
(2) "Paper ballot" shall mean a printed paper ballot which conforms in layout and
format to the electronic voting system in use. (3) "Ballot card" shall mean a tabulating
card on which votes may be recorded. (4) "Ballot label" shall mean the cards, papers,
booklet, pages, or other material which contain the names of offices and candidates and statements
of measures to be voted on and which are used in conjunction with ballot cards. (5) "Ballot"
shall mean ballot cards or paper ballots. (6) "Counting center" shall mean one or
more locations selected and designated by the county commission or the municipal governing
body, as the case may be, for the automatic counting of ballots in the election. (7) "Electronic...
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45-45-82.54
Section 45-45-82.54 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) The additional court costs or fees collected
by the Circuit Court Clerk of Madison County shall be deposited into the Judicial Administration
Fund, which is hereby created. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Madison County
Commission use the proceeds from the Judicial Administration Fund to maintain current staffing
levels in the District Attorney's Office and Judicial Branch of government in Madison County.
(c) For the fiscal year commencing on October 1, 2004, the Madison County Commission shall
appropriate from the Judicial Administration Fund one hundred fourteen thousand four hundred
six dollars ($114,406) to the Madison County District Attorney's Office to hire two staff
attorneys and support services for those attorneys. The Madison County Commission shall enter
into a memorandum of understanding with the Administrative Office of Courts, effective November
27, 2003, that is necessary to maintain the current...
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45-45-233.27
Section 45-45-233.27 Judicial officer. As used in this subpart, the term judicial officer means,
unless otherwise indicated, any circuit judge or equivalent thereof in the Twenty-third Judicial
Circuit, any judge of probate in Madison County, any district court judge or judge of any
other court created in lieu thereof, or equivalent thereof in Madison County, and any municipal
judge in Madison County. (Acts 1978, No. 488, p. 530, ยง 8.)...
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