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AL Code § 12-17-162 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 5 - District Court Clerks.|Section 12-17-162 - District Court Clerk Employees Component of Office of Clerk.

Section 12-17-162District court clerk employees component of office of clerk. Clerical employees serving the district court in any location shall be a component of the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which they serve. When a separate district clerk's office is authorized, employees serving in such separate office shall be subject to the supervision and control of the clerk of the district court. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-105.)
AL Code § 12-17-230 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-230 - Established; Purpose.

Section 12-17-230Established; purpose. (a) The Office of Prosecution Services is hereby established. (b) It shall be the purpose of the Office of Prosecution Services to assist the prosecuting attorneys throughout the state in their efforts against criminal activity in the state. Such assistance may include: (1) The obtaining, preparation, supplementing and dissemination of indexes to and digests of the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals of Alabama and other courts, statutes and other legal authorities relating to criminal matters; (2) The preparation and distribution of model indictments, search warrants, interrogation advices and other common and appropriate documents employed in the administration of criminal justice at the trial level; (3) The preparation and distribution of a basic prosecutor's manual and other educational materials; (4) The promotion of and assistance in the training of prosecuting attorneys; (5) The provision of legal research assistance to prosecuting attorneys; (6) The provision of such assistance to law enforcement agencies as may be lawful; and (7) The provision of such other assistance to prosecuting attorneys which is necessary for the successful implementation of this article or which hereafter may be authorized by law. (Acts 1975, No. 1037, p. 2079, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-231 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-231 - Executive Director and Staff Not Subject to Merit System but Eligible for State Retirement Benefits.

Section 12-17-231Executive director and staff not subject to merit system but eligible for state retirement benefits. There shall be an executive director of the Office of Prosecution Services and whatever staff is necessary to carry out the purpose of this office. Such director and employees shall not be subject to the provisions of the State Merit System Act but shall be eligible to participate in the State Employees' Retirement System and shall be credited for retirement purposes by the Alabama State Retirement System for all time employed by the office prior to May 17, 1984, provided that the director and each employee shall pay to the secretary-treasurer within two years from May 17, 1984 the amount he would have been required to contribute to the Employees' Retirement System for each year of prior service had he been a member, together with eight percent compounded interest. Past employees may obtain credit for past service in the same manner as present employees. (Acts 1975, No. 1037, p. 2079, §2; Acts 1984, No. 84-325, p. 745, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-232 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-232 - Appointment, Tenure, Compensation and Duties of Executive Director.

Section 12-17-232Appointment, tenure, compensation and duties of executive director. The Executive Committee of the Alabama District Attorneys Association shall appoint the executive director, shall fix the conditions of employment and tenure in office, and shall be responsible for the efficient discharge of his or her duties, all in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the association. The executive committee shall fix the salary of the executive director within the total sum of funds available from all sources, but limited to federal grants, dues, contributions, gifts, and the funds described in Section 12-17-233. The executive director shall, with the advice and consent of the executive committee, employ persons within the total sum of moneys available from all sources, but limited to federal grants, dues, contributions, gifts, and the funds described in Section 12-17-233, fix their conditions of employment and tenure in office and shall be responsible for the efficient discharge of their duties. (Acts 1975, No. 1037, p. 2079, §3, Act 2001-443, p. 57, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-233 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-233 - Funding; Annual Audit.

Section 12-17-233Funding; annual audit. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Office of Prosecution Services be funded from the several district attorney or solicitor funds of all 39 judicial circuits. This article hereby authorizes the lawful custodians of such funds to contribute moneys for the administration of the Office of Prosecution Services. Such custodians shall be required to remit, on a monthly basis, 10 percent of the moneys collected for their respective district attorney or solicitor funds to the Office of Prosecution Services; provided, that nothing contained in this article shall prohibit such custodians from contributing over and above 10 percent of the moneys collected for their respective district attorney or solicitor funds. The Department of Examiners of Public Accounts shall audit all the expenditures and revenues of this agency annually. The Legislature may make appropriations to said office, and the office is authorized to receive and expend any such appropriations. (Acts 1975, No. 1037, p. 2079, §4; Acts 1984, No. 84-325, p. 745, §1.)
AL Code § 12-17-233.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-233.1 - Transfers of Budget Excesses.

Section 12-17-233.1Transfers of budget excesses. For the purposes of Section 41-19-10, the Office of Prosecution Services is considered within the same program as the offices of district attorneys. Upon approval of the finance director, transfers of any budget excesses from district attorneys objects of expenditures may be made to the Office of Prosecution Services objects of expenditures. Any such transfers to said office shall not revert to the General Fund and may be expended by the Office of Prosecution Services in accordance with applicable law. Any such transfers to the Office of Prosecution Services are limited to two and one half percent of district attorneys annual budget. (Acts 1984, No. 84-325, p. 745, §2.)
AL Code § 12-17-234 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-234 - Restriction on Powers of Office.

Section 12-17-234Restriction on powers of office. Anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Office of Prosecution Services may not exercise any power, supervisory or otherwise, undertake any duty or perform any function presently or hereafter assigned by law to the Governor of this state, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or any district attorney of any court of record in this state. (Acts 1975, No. 1037, p. 2079, §5.)
AL Code § 12-17-235 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 7 - Office of Prosecution Services.|Section 12-17-235 - Domestic Violence Resource Prosecutor.

Section 12-17-235Domestic violence resource prosecutor.  (a) There shall be created the position of a domestic violence resource prosecutor at the Office of Prosecution Services to be fully funded through the Department of Economic and Community Affairs at eighty thousand dollars ($80,000) per year. (b) The domestic violence resource prosecutor shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To train prosecutors, law enforcement, and domestic violence shelters on the laws related to domestic violence. (2) To be a liaison between the domestic violence shelters, prosecutors, and law enforcement. (3) To advocate for victims of domestic violence. (4) Any other duties as assigned by the Executive Director at the Office of Prosecution Services. (Act 2015-493, §6.)
AL Code § 12-17-310 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 10 - Bailiffs.|Section 12-17-310 - Existing Positions Continued; Authorization of Additional Positions by Administrative Director of Courts.

Section 12-17-310Existing positions continued; authorization of additional positions by Administrative Director of Courts. Positions for bailiffs existing on October 10, 1975, shall continue as provided by law. Additional positions for bailiffs in the circuit and district court may be authorized by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of presiding circuit judges. Bailiffs, when authorized, shall be confidential employees employed by and serving at the pleasure of the judge in whose court they serve. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-107.)
AL Code § 12-17-311 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 10 - Bailiffs.|Section 12-17-311 - Number and Compensation.

Section 12-17-311Number and compensation. The number of bailiffs and the rate of compensation for each bailiff shall be established and fixed by the Administrative Director of Courts upon recommendation of the presiding circuit judge. (Acts 1977, No. 20, p. 28; Acts 1978, No. 821, p. 1207, §4.)
AL Code § 12-17-340 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 12 - Secretaries.|Section 12-17-340 - Judicial Secretaries.

Section 12-17-340Judicial secretaries. (a) Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit systems. Classified positions of secretaries existing under local government merit systems in those circuits having 15 or more circuit judges, serving the courts on October 10, 1975, shall be subject to the provisions of the State Merit System and all other benefits applicable to state employees; provided, that they shall have the retirement benefit options described in subdivision (b) (2) of Section 12-17-4. (b) Additional confidential secretaries. In circumstances other than those provided in subsection (a) of this section, each circuit and district court judge may employ a confidential secretary without regard to civil service qualifications or regulations, to serve at the pleasure of the judge. However, before the appointment thereof, the Administrative Director of Courts shall certify to the state Comptroller and presiding circuit judge of the respective circuit that such a secretary is needed. The compensation of confidential secretaries shall be fixed by the Administrative Director of Courts. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-107.)
AL Code § 12-17-341 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.|Article 12 - Secretaries.|Section 12-17-341 - Secretaries for Clerks.

Section 12-17-341Secretaries for clerks. (a) Positions authorized and existing on June 1, 1975. Each circuit clerk who is authorized the position of confidential or private secretary as of June 1, 1975, shall be entitled to keep such position. Such confidential secretary shall be appointed and serve at the pleasure of the circuit clerk, shall be entitled to all rights, privileges and benefits of merit system employees and shall be paid from the same fund as merit system employees, without regard to merit system qualifications or regulations, at the highest rate of pay that an employee of the circuit clerk in his circuit is entitled to receive. (b) Additional confidential secretaries. Each circuit clerk may employ a confidential secretary subject to the merit system for pay purposes only, to serve at the pleasure of the circuit clerk. However, before the appointment of such a secretary, not serving on June 1, 1975, the Administrative Director of Courts shall certify to the state Comptroller and presiding circuit judge of the respective circuit that such a secretary is needed; provided, that the job positions so authorized shall not become effective until the necessary appropriations have been provided. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §7-107.)
AL Code § 12-18-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|Section 12-18-1 - Judicial Retirement Fund Created; Composition of Fund.

Section 12-18-1Judicial Retirement Fund created; composition of fund. (a) There is hereby created and established a continuing fund to be known as the Judicial Retirement Fund. (b) The fund shall be made up from contributions from justices of the Supreme Court, supernumerary justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Civil Appeals, judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, judges and supernumerary judges of the circuit courts of the state, district judges and probate judges and from a yearly sum to be paid into such fund from the General Fund in the State Treasury in such amount as shall be sufficient to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §1.)
AL Code § 12-18-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|Section 12-18-2 - Administration of Fund; Disbursement of Funds; Appeals From Decisions of Board of Control.

Section 12-18-2Administration of fund; disbursement of funds; appeals from decisions of Board of Control. (a) The Judicial Retirement Fund shall be administered by the Secretary-Treasurer of the State Employees' Retirement System under the supervision of the Board of Control of the said State Employees' Retirement System, and said board of control shall be the trustee of such fund and shall handle such fund in the same manner and pursuant to the same rules and regulations that it handles funds in the State Employees' Retirement System. (b) The State Comptroller shall issue warrants for the disbursement of such fund in the same manner that he issues warrants for the disbursement of funds of the State Employees' Retirement System. (c) Any justice or judge or spouse and/or child of a justice or a judge who is aggrieved by any decision of the Board of Control shall have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court of Alabama, where the Supreme Court shall hear said appeal de novo. (Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §2.)
AL Code § 12-18-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|Section 12-18-3 - Appropriation of Moneys by Legislature for Judicial Retirement Fund; Payment of State Contributions to Fund in Event of Failure of State to Appropriate Moneys, etc., for Fund.

Section 12-18-3Appropriation of moneys by Legislature for Judicial Retirement Fund; payment of state contributions to fund in event of failure of state to appropriate moneys, etc., for fund. The Legislature from time to time shall appropriate sufficient moneys out of the General Fund of the State Treasury to sufficiently provide for the provisions of this chapter. The amount paid from the General Fund into the Judicial Retirement Fund annually shall not be less than the yearly contributions paid by all members. Should the Legislature fail to appropriate moneys or sufficient moneys for the Judicial Retirement Fund, then the contributions from the state out of the General Fund to be paid into the Judicial Retirement Fund shall be paid out of moneys appropriated to the account designated for salaries of supernumerary justices and judges; provided, however, that such payments shall not adversely affect the amounts paid to any supernumerary justice or judge. (Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §11.)
AL Code § 12-18-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|Section 12-18-4 - Entitlement to Retirement and Receipt of Pension of Justices of Supreme Court, Judges of Courts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally; Retirement Order.

Section 12-18-4Entitlement to retirement and receipt of pension of justices of Supreme Court, judges of courts of appeals and judges of circuit courts generally; retirement order. Every justice of the Supreme Court, judge of one of the courts of appeals or judge of a circuit court of the state who meets the requirements for retirement prescribed in this article shall be entitled to be retired and to receive a pension as hereinafter provided. Such retirement shall be on order of the Board of Control of the Judicial Retirement Fund and upon the request of the member to be retired or on an order signed by a majority of the members of the Supreme Court. (Acts 1973, No. 1163, p. 1948, §4.)
AL Code § 12-18-8.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|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.

Section 12-18-8.1Time 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 toward judicial retirement; provided further that such election and payment shall be made to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement Systems of Alabama within one year from June 1, 1981. Should the records of the Employees' Retirement Systems of Alabama fail to reflect the position held thereunder and for which credit is sought under the provisions of this section, affidavit from one disinterested person that such position was that of a full-time prosecutor or assistant prosecutor of any circuit in this state, or as an attorney for the State Milk Control Board, shall suffice as proof thereof. (Acts 1982, No. 82-428, p. 676.)
AL Code § 12-18-8.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|Section 12-18-8.2 - Eligibility for Retirement of Circuit Judges; Credit for Former Service in Executive Department of State; Credit for Service as Full-Time Assistant District Attorney, Deputy District Attorney or Assistant Attorney General.

Section 12-18-8.2Eligibility for retirement of circuit judges; credit for former service in executive department of state; credit for service as full-time assistant district attorney, deputy district attorney or assistant attorney general. (a) Any circuit judge who is an active and contributing member of the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama and has been such a member since February 1, 1977, and who has had full-time service as an administrative assistant and/or an executive assistant in the executive department of the state, or who had former service as a full-time assistant district attorney, a deputy district attorney or an assistant attorney general regardless of whether or not such time of service was continuous, may hereby claim and purchase credit in the judicial retirement fund for up to three years of such time of service. (b) Any circuit judge eligible to claim and purchase credit for such service under subsection (a) shall be awarded such credit provided that such judge shall pay into the Judicial Retirement Fund of Alabama a sum of money which is equal to both the judge's and the state's annual contribution into the fund at the time of election to purchase aforesaid credit multiplied by each year or fraction thereof of such service credit claimed; provided further that such election and payment shall be made to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Employees' Retirement Systems of Alabama, administrator of the Judicial Retirement Fund, within one year from September 20, 1991, and prior to said judge's date of retirement. (c) The provisions of this section to reopen the Judicial Retirement Fund for such service credit shall terminate one year from September 20, 1991, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to such date. (Acts 1991, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 91-795, p. 190, §1.)
AL Code § 12-18-8.3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 12 - Courts.|Chapter 18 - Judicial Retirement.|Article 1 - Judicial Retirement Fund; Justices of Supreme Court, Judges Ofcourts of Appeals and Judges of Circuit Courts Generally.|Section 12-18-8.3 - Restoration of Prior Creditable Service; Participation in Other Public Retirement Systems.

Section 12-18-8.3Restoration of prior creditable service; participation in other public retirement systems. Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, any judge who is currently a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund or who becomes a member of the Judicial Retirement Fund at a future date, who had previously withdrawn his or her funds from the Judicial Retirement Fund or whose account had been terminated due to a five-year absence shall have restored to him or her all creditable service if the judge completes two years of contributing membership service after he or she again becomes a member of the retirement fund and subsequently repays to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Judicial Retirement Fund the amount previously returned to him or her including compounded interest of eight percent to the date of repayment, prior to the date of retirement of the member. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any member who elects to purchase credit for withdrawn service shall be eligible to purchase the credit only to the extent that the member does not have credit established with any other public retirement system for the period of service. Should any member have established part credit with another public retirement system for any period of withdrawn service, then the member shall only be eligible to purchase that portion of the withdrawn service for which the member does not otherwise have credit. In determining credit with other public retirement systems, coverage under the federal Social Security program shall not be considered. The provisions of this section that allow creditable service to be restored for previously withdrawn service shall terminate February 1, 1998, and no one shall be eligible to utilize any of the options granted herein if not fully exercised and paid prior to February 1, 1998. (Acts 1997, No. 97-670, p. 1293, §1.)