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AL Code § 45-37-72.23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Membership.|Division 2 - Vacancies.|Section 45-37-72.23 - Determination of Election Dates.

Section 45-37-72.23Determination of election dates. If when the resolution, provided for in Section 45-37-72.21, is adopted, a countywide election is scheduled to be held not less than three weeks and not more than eight weeks from the date on which the resolution provides the first election shall be held, to fill the vacancy, the runoff election, if necessary, shall be held on the date on which the countywide election is scheduled to be held. If when the resolution, provided for in Section 45-37-72.21, is adopted, there is no countywide election scheduled to be held not less than three weeks and not more than eight weeks from the date on which the resolution provides for the first election to be held, the resolution shall provide for the runoff election, if any runoff election is necessary to be held three weeks subsequent to the date on which the first election shall be held to fill the vacancy. (Act 2009-777, p. 2427, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-72.24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Membership.|Division 2 - Vacancies.|Section 45-37-72.24 - Term of Office.

Section 45-37-72.24Term of office. Any person elected to fill a vacancy shall serve the unexpired portion of the term which the person occupying the office when the vacancy occurred would have served if the vacancy had not occurred. (Act 2009-777, p. 2427, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37-72.25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Membership.|Division 2 - Vacancies.|Section 45-37-72.25 - Dates of Elections; Applicability of Election Laws.

Section 45-37-72.25Dates of elections; applicability of election laws. The first election and the runoff election, if a runoff election is required, shall be held on the dates provided for in the resolution adopted under Section 45-37-72.21. The provisions of the election laws governing the registration of voters, equipment at polling places, furnishing of supplies, appointment of election officers, voting, and canvassing returns at a general election shall apply to any election held hereunder, except as herein otherwise provided. (Act 2009-777, p. 2427, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37-72.26 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 7 - County Commission.|Part 3 - Membership.|Division 2 - Vacancies.|Section 45-37-72.26 - Jurisdiction and Duty of Election Commission.

Section 45-37-72.26Jurisdiction and duty of election commission. The failure of the election commission to provide for the first election, or the runoff election, within seven days from the occurrence of a vacancy shall not terminate the jurisdiction and the duty of the election commission to provide for such first election or such runoff election. (Act 2009-777, p. 2427, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-80 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-80 - Circuit Clerks.

Section 45-37-80Circuit clerks. In addition to any salary paid by the state, the Circuit Clerk of the Tenth Judicial Circuit shall be paid a supplemental salary from the county at a rate of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per annum. The county commission shall pay such supplemental salary in equal biweekly installments from the general fund of the county. (Act 84-617, p. 1255, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-80.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-80.01 - Circuit Judges.

Section 45-37-80.01Circuit judges. In addition to the salaries to each of the Circuit Judges of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of the state, there shall be paid to each of the judges a supplement salary in the sum equal to 40 percent of the salary paid each of the judges by the State of Alabama. The supplement salary shall be paid out of the general fund of the county in equal installments at the same time and in the same manner that the salary of other county employees are paid.  (Act 81-989, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 175, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-80.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-80.02 - Deputy Circuit Clerks, Bessemer Cut-Off Division.

Section 45-37-80.02Deputy circuit clerks, Bessemer Cut-Off Division. In addition to any salary paid by the state, the elected deputy circuit clerk serving the Bessemer Cut-Off Division of the Tenth Judicial Circuit shall be paid a supplemental salary from the county at the rate of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per annum. The county commission shall pay such supplemental salary in equal biweekly installments from the general fund of the county. (Act 84-605, p. 1240, §1; Act 84-615, p. 1254, §1.
AL Code § 45-37-80.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-80.03 - Referees and Standing Masters.

Section 45-37-80.03Referees and standing masters. All full-time court referees and full-time standing masters in Jefferson County shall receive a county supplemental salary equal to 50 percent of any county supplemental salary payable to their respective appointing judges. The county supplemental salary shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the county general fund. (Act 88-832, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 299, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-80.04 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-80.04 - Supernumerary Circuit District Attorneys.

Section 45-37-80.04Supernumerary circuit district attorneys. (a) A supernumerary circuit district attorney of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall be entitled to receive as additional compensation payable from the treasury of the county within the circuit, a sum equal to 40 percent of the compensation paid the supernumerary district attorney by the State of Alabama. The salary or compensation provided for herein is supplemental to the salary or compensation paid such supernumerary district attorney by the state and shall be paid out of the general funds of the county in 12 equal monthly installments on warrants properly drawn against such funds. (b) This section shall apply only to persons who become a supernumerary district attorney after April 26, 1982. (Act 82-347, p. 501, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-80.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Circuit Court.|Division 3 - Procedures.|Section 45-37-80.40 - Waiver of Right to Arraignment.

Section 45-37-80.40Waiver of right to arraignment. (a) This section shall apply only to the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, including the Bessemer Division thereof. (b) If a defendant in a criminal case pending in a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a written plea of not guilty at any time prior to the day of his or her arraignment such plea shall constitute a waiver of his or her right to have an arraignment at which he or she is present in person or at which he or she is represented by an attorney. (Act 83-141, p. 149, §§1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-37-82 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - District Attorney.|Division 1 - Bessemer Division.|Section 45-37-82 - Term of Office for Elected Deputy District Attorney.

Section 45-37-82Term of office for elected deputy district attorney. Effective immediately after the expiration of the present term of office which expires in 1986, the elected Deputy District Attorney of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division, shall serve a term of office of six years. (Act 84-624, p. 1273, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-83 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - District Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-83 - Salary of Judges.

Section 45-37-83Salary of judges. The salaries of each judge of the District Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit shall be supplemented by the county which makes up the judicial circuit in an amount so that the total annual salary from the state and the county of each judge of the district court shall be equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000) less than the total annual salary from the state and county paid to a judge of the circuit court of the judicial circuit. This supplement shall be paid in equal twice monthly installments in the same manner as paid to a judge of the circuit court and shall be paid from the general fund of the county of the judicial circuit. (Act 90-222, p. 278, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-83.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 4 - District Court.|Division 2 - Court Costs.|Section 45-37-83.20 - Additional Fee - Family Court Probation Fund.

Section 45-37-83.20Additional fee - Family Court Probation Fund. (a) In Jefferson County, in addition to all other costs and charges in district court cases, a fee of four dollars ($4) shall be charged and collected by the clerk of the district court. This charge shall not be collected on traffic cases. The net monies derived from the charges hereinabove prescribed shall be remitted to the office of the family court administrator, who shall deposit such monies in the Family Court Probation Fund. (b) There is hereby established a Family Court Probation Fund for the deposit of the above described court cost monies. The fund shall be maintained in an interest bearing account in a bank of known responsibility by the family court administrator. (c) Any funds appropriated from this fund shall be strictly limited to family court programs endorsed by the chief probation officer and approved by the  presiding family court circuit judge. (d) The family court administrator shall have the power to draw upon the fund for sums not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), any sums above that amount shall require the joint signature of the presiding family court circuit judge and the family court administrator. (Act 84-607, p. 1241, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-84 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-84 - Salary for Deputy Judge of Probate.

Section 45-37-84Salary for deputy judge of probate. In Jefferson County, the Deputy Judge of Probate for the Bessemer Division of the Probate Court shall receive a salary of fifty thousand two hundred twenty dollars ($50,220) per annum. The salary shall be paid out of the county treasury in equal monthly installments or equal biweekly installments. (Act 94-663, p. 1276, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 1 - Compensation.|Section 45-37-84.01 - Salary of Chief Clerk of Probate Court.

Section 45-37-84.01Salary of chief clerk of probate court. In Jefferson County, where the chief clerk of the probate court appointed pursuant to Section 12-13-40, is also serving in a civil service position with the probate court, the chief clerk shall receive a salary in the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per year for the appointed position. The salary shall be paid from the general fund of the county in equal monthly installments and shall be in addition to any other salary, allowances, or benefits the chief clerk receives, now or in the future, by virtue of holding a civil service position with the probate court. (Act 94-324, p. 570, §1; Act 2012-547, p. 1616, §6.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Procedure.|Section 45-37-84.20 - Name and Address Required for Tax Notice.

Section 45-37-84.20Name and address required for tax notice. In Jefferson County, any conveyance of property that is required to be recorded in the office of the judge of probate shall state the full legal name and complete address of the person to receive the tax notice of the property. (Act 80-450, p. 704, §1; Act 80-610, p. 1037, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 2 - Procedure.|Section 45-37-84.21 - Forms for Change of Name.

Section 45-37-84.21Forms for change of name. In Jefferson County, in addition to any other duties prescribed by law and any provision in any law, whether special, local, or general, to the contrary notwithstanding, the office of the judge of probate, and any branch thereof, shall make available all forms for change of name for the use of all persons and parties in interest. It shall be the responsibility of the presiding Judge of Probate of Jefferson County to enforce this section. (Act 80-451, p. 704, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.41 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Recording System.|Section 45-37-84.41 - Purpose.

Section 45-37-84.41Purpose. The purpose of this subpart is to facilitate the use of public records in property transactions in Jefferson County by providing for the installation of an improved system of indexing, recording, archiving, and retrieving instruments and documents affecting the title to real and personal property that are recorded in the office of the judge of probate and for the indexing, recording, archiving, and retrieving of other instruments, documents, and other uses in the discretion of the judge of probate. (Act 2012-547, p. 1616, §2.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Recording System.|Section 45-37-84.42 - Installation and Maintenance of System.

Section 45-37-84.42Installation and maintenance of system. (a) The judge of probate may index and retain all or parts of the records of the probate court for archival and access purposes utilizing optical disks, magnetic tapes, solid state memory devices, or other computerized or electronic methods for records indexing, storage, and retrieval, or any combination thereof. The use of microfilm or other microform medium to retain and archive probate court records may be discontinued and replaced with digitized or scanned images of the records previously maintained on microfilm or other microform medium. The electronic images shall constitute official records of the probate court and may be compiled and certified and provided to the public at reasonable cost and in accordance with applicable statutes. (b) Following the effective installation date, real property instruments, personal property instruments, and other documents and records to be indexed, recorded, archived, and retrieved with computer-generated files or to be stored and filed on either optical disk or on paper, as determined by the judge of probate, shall constitute the official record of instruments for the purpose of Section 12-13-43. (c) The office of the judge of probate shall establish policies to administer access to computerized index information and digitized images maintained in the probate court pursuant to this subpart. (Act 2012-547, p. 1616, §3.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.43 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Recording System.|Section 45-37-84.43 - Indexing and Filing Fee.

Section 45-37-84.43Indexing and filing fee. (a) Effective June 1, 2012, a special indexing and filing fee of eleven dollars ($11) shall be paid to and collected by the judge of probate with respect to each real property instrument or personal property instrument and for the recording of other instruments and documents in the probate office at the discretion of the judge of probate. On and after June 1, 2012, no document or instrument shall be received for record in the office of the judge of probate unless the special indexing and filing fee of eleven dollars ($11) is paid. The special indexing and filing fee shall be in addition to all other fees, taxes, and charges required by law to be paid upon the filing or recording of any document or instrument or judicial case filed in the office of the judge of probate. (b) All special indexing and filing fees collected shall be deposited into the Judge of Probate Fund and retained by the office of the judge of probate to be used for the payment of salaries for confidential judicial assistants and an improved indexing, recording, archiving, and retrieving system and other equipment, maintenance, and services necessary for the improvement of the office of the judge of probate. (c) The portion of the special indexing and filing fee retained by the office of the judge of probate shall be in addition to funds provided by the county commission from the Jefferson County General Fund. (Act 2012-547, p. 1616, §4.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Recording System.|Section 45-37-84.44 - Confidential Judicial Assistant.

Section 45-37-84.44Confidential judicial assistant. (a) The judge of probate may appoint and employ a confidential judicial assistant to assist with the operation of the office of the judge of probate who shall serve at the pleasure of the judge of probate. (b) A confidential judicial assistant shall be entitled to receive, at the approval of the presiding judge of probate, a salary not more than the equivalent of salary grade level 23, or its equivalent if grade levels are hereafter renumbered, as established by the Jefferson County Personnel Board. (c) A confidential judicial assistant shall not be subject to any merit system applicable to the employees of Jefferson County. If the person appointed confidential judicial assistant is an employee of Jefferson County in a position subject to a merit system, the person, upon the date of termination as a confidential judicial assistant, shall be entitled to return to the employ of Jefferson County in a position subject to the merit system classification equal to or higher in grade than the position held by the person as of the date the person was initially employed as a confidential judicial assistant. (d) If the person subsequently returns to employment with the county in a merit system classification as described herein, service time as a confidential judicial assistant shall be considered for all purposes as service time as a merit system employee of Jefferson County. (e) A confidential judicial assistant shall be entitled to the same employee benefits as a merit system employee of Jefferson County with an equivalent salary grade. The office of the judge of probate shall transfer funds to the Jefferson County General Fund to be paid to the confidential judicial assistants on a biweekly basis. (f) A confidential judicial assistant may become a member of any pension plan available to employees of Jefferson County, if application for membership is made to the pension plan within 30 days of the date of employment as a confidential judicial assistant. (Act 2012-547, p. 1616, §5.)
AL Code § 45-37-84.45 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 5 - Probate Court.|Division 3 - Recording System.|Section 45-37-84.45 - Construction of Subpart.

Section 45-37-84.45Construction of subpart. The provisions of this subpart are cumulative. Nothing contained in this subpart shall alter or change any existing law relating to charges and fees otherwise to be collected by the office of the judge of probate. (Act 2012-547, p. 1616, §7.)
AL Code § 45-37-123 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 4 - Pension System.|Division 1 - Background and Definitions.|Section 45-37-123 - General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County.

Section 45-37-123General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County. (a) This part is a defined benefit pension plan, to be known as the General Retirement System for Employees of Jefferson County. (b) The plan was originally established in Acts 1965, No. 497, 1965 Regular Session (Acts 1965, p. 717), which has been amended from time to time, for the purpose of providing retirement or other specified benefits to eligible individuals. (c) Assets from the previous retirement systems were transferred to this plan, and the system is responsible for all obligations of such previous retirement systems. (d) The plan is intended to be a governmental plan within the meaning of § 414(d), Internal Revenue Code, and within the meaning of § 3(32), Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and, as such, is exempted from the provisions of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. (Act 2013-415, p. 1586, §1.)
AL Code § 45-37-123.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 37 - Jefferson County.|Article 12 - Employees.|Part 4 - Pension System.|Division 2 - Administration.|Section 45-37-123.20 - Powers and Responsibilities of the County.

Section 45-37-123.20Powers and responsibilities of the county. (a) Provisions of records. The county shall provide all records and documents necessary to determine an employee's status and eligibility for membership in the plan, upon which a service record shall be created. (b) Contributions. The county shall contribute an amount equal to six percent of an employee's compensation from the county's general assets to the trust fund, as provided in Section 45-37-123.80. The county also shall withhold six percent of an employee's compensation each pay period as provided in Section 45-37-123.82. The county also shall contribute any amounts received pursuant to Section 45-37-233, attributable to pistol permits. Additionally, the county may pay into the trust fund from the general funds of the county, in such installments or times as the county may elect, an amount or amounts sufficient to assure that the system is actuarially sound. (Act 2013-415, p. 1586, §2:2.1; Act 2021-456, §1.)