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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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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40-2B-2
Section 40-2B-2 Alabama Tax Tribunal. (a) Statement of Purpose. To increase public confidence in the fairness of the state tax system, the state shall provide an independent agency with tax expertise to resolve disputes between the Department of Revenue and taxpayers, prior to requiring the payment of the amounts in issue or the posting of a bond, but after the taxpayer has had a full opportunity to attempt settlement with the Department of Revenue based, among other things, on the hazards of litigation. By establishing an independent Alabama Tax Tribunal within the executive branch of government, this chapter provides taxpayers with a means of resolving controversies that insures both the appearance and the reality of due process and fundamental fairness. The tax tribunal shall provide hearings in all tax matters, except those specified by statute, and render decisions and orders relating thereto. A tax tribunal hearing shall be commenced by the filing of a notice of appeal protesting...
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12-18-8.1
Section 12-18-8.1 Time of service as full-time state prosecutor, etc., may be credited as time in judicial position with Judicial Retirement System. Any justice of the Supreme Court or judge of one of the courts of appeals or any circuit court judge holding office on or before June 1,1976, who has time of service as a full-time state prosecutor or assistant state prosecutor in any circuit of the state, or who had time of service as an attorney for the State Milk Control Board, shall be entitled to have such time of service, regardless of whether or not such time of service was continuous, treated as time of service in the judicial position he holds on or before June 1, 1976, with the Judicial Retirement System; provided, however, that such time of service does not exceed five years; provided also that such justice or judge shall pay into the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama a sum equal to six percent of his then annual salary for each year of such service that he elects to count...
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45-25-81
Section 45-25-81 Judicial Administration Fund. (a) This section shall be known and cited as the DeKalb County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The financial restraints exiting in the State General Fund budget have resulted in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of many judicial employees. In DeKalb County, the circuit clerk's office has lost three employees. Two employees in the circuit judge's office and one in the district judge's office scheduled for layoff have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds appropriated to the Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied upon in the future. Revenue from the enactment of this section will restore at least one employee already lost in the circuit clerk's office and permit the retention of at least one of the two employees now facing layoff in the circuit judge's office and one employee now facing...
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12-18-40
Section 12-18-40 Retirement at age 60; computation; cost-of-living; prior service. On or after July 30, 1979, any person assuming office for the first time as a justice of the Supreme Court, judge of a court of appeals or a circuit judge, shall receive and be entitled to all retirement benefits prescribed in Title 12, Chapter 18, Articles 1 and 2, except as follows: (1) The provisions of subdivisions (3) and (5) of both subsections (a) and (b) of Section 12-18-6, to the contrary notwithstanding, except for disability, no such justice or judge shall be eligible to receive judicial service retirement pay prior to attaining 60 years of age. (2) The retirement pay or benefit of each such justice or judge shall be based and computed pursuant to the provisions of Section 12-18-10, at the percentage rate therein prescribed of his final salary received from the state at the time of retirement. Retired justices and judges coming under this article shall be entitled to receive cost-of-living...
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45-36-80.05
Section 45-36-80.05 Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. SECTION 4 OF ACT 2019-215 WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2020-119 IN THE 2020 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE MAY 18, 2020. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) This section shall be known and cited as the Jackson County Preservation of Justice Act. (b) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) The financial restraints existing in the State General Fund budget have resulted in a shortfall to the Unified Judicial System that has caused the layoff of many judicial employees. In Jackson County, three employees in the circuit clerk's office who were scheduled for layoff have been temporarily retained with alternate funding other than funds appropriated to the Unified Judicial System; however, this alternate funding cannot be relied upon in the future. Revenue from this section will restore funding for some judicial employees in the circuit. (2) This section addresses this problem by increasing court costs. (c) In...
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12-19-310
Section 12-19-310 Additional docket fees. (a) In addition to the docket fees now authorized by law, additional docket fees shall be assessed in all circuit, district, and municipal courts as follows: (1) In civil cases in the circuit and district courts, except child support cases and as further provided for small claims cases, an additional docket fee of forty-five dollars ($45) and in small claims cases an additional docket fee of fifteen dollars ($15). (2) In criminal cases in the circuit, district, and municipal courts, except juvenile cases and as further provided for traffic cases, an additional docket fee of forty dollars ($40) and in traffic cases, but excluding parking violations, an additional docket fee of twenty-six dollars ($26). (b) (1) Two dollars ($2) of the traffic docket fee shall be distributed to the Police Officers' Annuity Fund before any distribution pursuant to subsections (c) and (d). (2) Ten dollars ($10) of each fee in municipal court shall be retained by the...
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12-18-132
Section 12-18-132 Retirement benefits. With the exception of justices of the Supreme Court and judges of the appellate courts, circuit courts, and district courts who assumed office prior to July 30, 1979, and who are exempted from Section 12-18-40, and this article, the retirement pay or benefits of any justice or judge qualifying for service retirement pursuant to this article shall be based and computed on the final salary received from the state at the time of his or her retirement in accordance with the percentage rate now prescribed by law. The retirement benefits of justices and judges who have 25 years of creditable service based on nonjudicial service which has been transferred to the Judicial Retirement System shall be calculated pursuant to Sections 12-18-111, 12-18-112, or 12-18-113, as applicable. (Act 98-295, p. 481, ยง3.)...
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15-12-5
Section 15-12-5 Determination of indigency and provision of defense services. (a) Judicial role in determining indigency. The trial judge shall determine, in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, if a person in his or her court is an indigent defendant, any time appropriate or necessary. Upon appeal from the trial court to the state appellate court, the trial judge who presided over the proceedings on appeal shall determine if the appellant is an indigent defendant in accordance with the policies and procedures established by the Office of Indigent Defense Services. If an indigency determination is necessary in any proceeding initiated originally in a state appellate court , the presiding judge or chief justice of the appellate court shall determine if the appellant or petitioner is an indigent defendant. (b) Criteria for determining indigency. In determining indigency, the judge shall recognize ability to pay as a variable...
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