HB550 Alabama 2012 Session

Currently, persons serving on the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, or as a circuit court judge or a district court judge must meet certain qualifications

This bill would provide that persons appointed to fill a vacant term of office on the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, or Court of Criminal Appeals or as a circuit court judge or district court judge, after January 1, 2013, may not have been a member of the Alabama Legislature within two years of his or her appointment

To amend Sections 12-2-1, 12-3-1, 12-11-1, and 12-12-1, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the qualifications of persons serving as Justices on the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals and as circuit court and district court judges; to provide further that a person appointed after January 1, 2013, to fill a vacant term of office on the Supreme Court, Court of Civil Appeals, Court of Criminal Appeals, circuit court, or district court may not have been a member of the Alabama Legislature within two years of his or her appointment.