HB443 Alabama 2010 Session

Currently, the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, provides for filling of vacancies in judicial offices. Several judicial circuits have local constitutional amendments relating to procedures for filling vacant judicial offices

This bill would enact a statewide plan establishing judicial vacancy commissions for the filling of judicial office vacancies, except those judicial circuits having judicial vacancy commissions provided by local constitutional amendments to the Constitution. If a local constitutional amendment creating a judicial vacancy commission is repealed, the county would be subject to the statewide judicial vacancy process in this amendment

To repeal and add Section 6.14 as added by Amendment 328 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 153 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended; to provide for the filling of vacant judicial offices throughout the state, to specifically exempt judicial vacancy commissions provided by local constitutional amendment; and to provide if a local judicial vacancy constitutional amendment is repealed, the county would be subject to the statewide judicial vacancy process in this amendment.