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) […]
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 […]
Section 12-9A-3 Jurisdiction, power, rights, etc., of reallocated judge. A district or circuit judge appointed to a reallocated judgeship pursuant to this chapter shall have and exercise all jurisdiction, power, rights, and authority and shall possess all of the qualifications, perform all of the duties, and shall be subject to all of the responsibilities and […]
Section 12-9A-4 Compensation of judges. The annual compensation of the circuit or district judges appointed pursuant to this chapter shall be in accordance with Chapter 10A of this title. (Act 2017-42, §4.)
Section 12-9A-5 Judicial Weighted Caseload Study. (a) No later than January 1, 2018, the Alabama Supreme Court shall revise the factors considered in the Judicial Weighted Caseload Study to uniformly, fairly, and accurately account for criminal cases by counts brought against a defendant. (b) No judgeship shall be reallocated until three years of data is […]
Section 12-9A-6 Meetings and records. The Judicial Resources Allocation Commission shall be subject to the Alabama Open Meetings Act and the Alabama Open Records Act. (Act 2017-42, §6.)
Section 12-9A-7 Temporary assignment of circuit or district judge to another circuit. (a) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, by order, shall assign a circuit or district judge from a judicial circuit to serve within another judicial circuit for a reasonable period of time to address court congestion, court delay, civil and […]
Section 12-9A-8 Assignment of circuit or district judges by presiding circuit judge. (a) A presiding circuit judge, by order, may assign a circuit or district court judge who is within the circuit to serve within the circuit or within the district courts of the circuit. Before assigning a judge, the presiding circuit judge shall evaluate […]
