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AL Code § 45-45-80.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Commissions.|Division 2 - Judicial Commission.|Section 45-45-80.20 - Nominees for Judicial Vacancies.

Section 45-45-80.20Nominees for judicial vacancies. In Madison County, the Madison County Judicial Commission before submitting nominations to the Governor to fill a judicial vacancy pursuant to Amendment 334 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, shall make the list of judicial nominees public and vote on the list of judicial nominees to be submitted to the Governor to fill the judicial vacancy at a public meeting.  (Act 96-597, p. 941, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-80.40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 1 - Commissions.|Division 3 - Jury Commission.|Section 45-45-80.40 - Expense Allowance.

Section 45-45-80.40Expense allowance. (a) In Madison County, in addition to any and all other compensation, salary, and expense allowances provided for by law, there shall be paid to each member of the jury commission an expense allowance in such an amount as, together with any amount paid by the state, as salary, compensation, or expense allowance, shall make the total paid to such members equal to twenty-five dollars ($25) per day. If the amount paid to such members as compensation or expense allowance by the state increases in the future, then the amount paid by the county under this section shall automatically decrease. (b) The amount paid under this section shall be paid out of the county general fund and shall be paid only when the members actually attend meetings.  (Act 81-1099, 3rd Sp. Sess., p. 363, §§ 1, 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-81 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81 - Circuit Court Clerk - Transfer of Duties and Functions.

Section 45-45-81Circuit court clerk - Transfer of duties and functions. The office of Register in Chancery of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit of Alabama is hereby abolished and all duties and functions of the office, as heretofore provided by law, or as may hereafter be provided by general law for registers in chancery, are transferred to the Circuit Court Clerk of the circuit; it being the intent of this subpart to grant and convey to the clerk all the powers, authority, immunities, privileges, and duties heretofore held and exercised by the register in addition to the clerk’s regular duties and functions provided by law. In assuming such authority and duties the circuit court clerk shall collect and lawfully disperse all fees heretofore or hereafter provided by law to be collected and distributed by registers of circuit courts. All files, papers, documents, and equipment of the register shall be delivered to the custody of the clerk. All outstanding accounts receivable by the register in chancery aforesaid are hereafter to be collected and dispersed by the clerk as heretofore provided by law for the register and as if collected and dispersed by the register.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.01 - Circuit Court Clerk - Deputy and Personnel Appointed to Consolidate Offices From Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit.

Section 45-45-81.01Circuit court clerk - Deputy and personnel appointed to consolidate offices from Twenty-third Judicial Circuit. The circuit court clerk shall appoint the person now serving as Register of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit as a deputy circuit court clerk. The person shall serve as deputy circuit court clerk and shall be compensated from the general funds of Madison County under the Madison County Personnel Act, provided that the compensation of the person shall be no less than the annual compensation being received on November 1, 1973, and provided further that the person so appointed shall have the same rights of tenure, if any, which he or she has on November 1, 1973, and the same right to become a supernumerary register that he or she would have had if the office of register had continued to exist and he or she had continued to hold office until he or she makes application to become a supernumerary register. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of such deputy clerk, the office shall be eliminated and abolished. The circuit clerk shall also appoint the administrative or clerical personnel serving in the office of the register of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit on November 1, 1973, to serve in like capacities in the office of the circuit court clerk, and such personnel shall be compensated and subject to the Madison County Personnel Act.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 2.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.02 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.02 - Circuit Court Clerk - Ex-Officio Clerk of the Madison County Court.

Section 45-45-81.02Circuit court clerk - Ex-officio Clerk of the Madison County Court. The office of Clerk of the Madison County Court and clerk of any court successor to the jurisdiction of the Madison County Court is hereby abolished. The Clerk of the Circuit Court, Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall be ex-officio Clerk of the Madison County Court or of any court succeeding to the jurisdiction of the Madison County Court. As such ex-officio clerk, the clerk shall have the same powers and discharge the same duties as devolve upon the Clerk of the Madison County Court. These duties and powers shall be exercised and discharged in addition to those duties and powers heretofore or hereafter provided for circuit court clerks. As such ex-officio clerk of the county court or the successor to its jurisdiction, the clerk shall collect and lawfully disperse all fees heretofore or hereafter provided by law to be collected and dispersed by county court clerks or by the Clerk of the Madison County Court or any court successor to its jurisdiction. All files, papers, documents, and equipment of the Clerk of the Madison County Court shall be delivered to the custody of the clerk of the circuit court of the circuit. All outstanding accounts receivable by the Clerk of the Madison County Court or by the clerk of any court successor to its jurisdiction are hereafter to be collected and dispersed by the circuit clerk as heretofore provided by law for the clerk of the county court as if collected and dispersed by the Clerk of the Madison County Court.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 3.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.03 - Circuit Court Clerk - Deputy and Personnel Appointed to Consolidate Offices From Madison County Court.

Section 45-45-81.03Circuit court clerk - Deputy and personnel appointed to consolidate offices from Madison County Court. The Clerk of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall appoint the person now serving as Clerk of the Madison County Court as a deputy circuit court clerk. The person shall serve as a deputy circuit court clerk under the Madison County Personnel Act, provided that the compensation of the person shall be no less than the annual compensation being received on November 1, 1973. Upon the death, resignation, or removal from office of such deputy clerk, the office shall be eliminated and abolished. The circuit court clerk shall also appoint administrative or clerical personnel serving in the Madison County Court or any successor court on November 1, 1973, in like capacities. Such personnel shall be compensated under the Madison County Personnel Act.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 4.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.05 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.05 - Disposition of Funds.

Section 45-45-81.05Disposition of funds. All fees, commissions, and other compensation of every nature heretofore paid to or collected by the Circuit Court Clerk, Register in Chancery, or Clerk of the Madison County Court in Madison County, except the compensation herein provided for or fixed by the Madison County Personnel Board, shall be paid into the county treasury.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 6.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.06 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.06 - Supervision of Deputy Clerks.

Section 45-45-81.06Supervision of deputy clerks. The three deputy circuit court clerks herein provided for shall work under the supervision of the circuit court clerk.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 7.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.07 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.07 - Legislative Intent.

Section 45-45-81.07Legislative intent. The purposes of this subpart are to effect efficiency and economy in the operation of the courts of Madison County, but it is the will of the Legislature that this subpart be implemented in a spirit of understanding and compassion for the capable and loyal personnel now serving in the offices of Circuit Court Clerk, Register in Chancery, and Clerk of the Madison County Court, or any successor court, and that this subpart shall not require any reduction in force in the personnel performing the functions now performed by those offices except through the normal process of attrition. It is, however, the further intention of the Legislature that this subpart be utilized to reduce duplication of effort whenever possible.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 8.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.08 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 1 - Circuit Clerk, Deputy Circuit Clerks, and Court Administrator.|Section 45-45-81.08 - Compensation.

Section 45-45-81.08Compensation. The Clerk of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit of Alabama shall receive an annual salary of seventeen thousand seven hundred dollars ($17,700) per annum for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1973, eighteen thousand nine hundred dollars ($18,900) per annum for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1974, and twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) per annum for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1975, and each year thereafter, which salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the General Fund of Madison County.  (Acts 1973, No. 1040, p. 1627, § 9.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.30 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 2 - Duties of Circuit Clerk.|Section 45-45-81.30 - Passports.

Section 45-45-81.30Passports. Of the fifteen dollar ($15) execution fee on each application for a passport allowed under the provisions of 22 U.S.C. § 214, as implemented by regulations of the United States Department of State, the Circuit Clerk of Madison County may collect and retain five dollars ($5) and shall deposit ten dollars ($10) into the county general fund for distribution to the Huntsville/Madison County Mental Health Association.  (Act 80-290, p. 404, § 1; Act 2000-657, p. 1316, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.31 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 2 - Duties of Circuit Clerk.|Section 45-45-81.31 - Bail Bonds.

Section 45-45-81.31Bail bonds. Every person engaged in the business of making bail bonds in Madison County, Alabama, in addition to the twenty-five thousand dollar ($25,000) surety requirement of Section 15-13-22, shall be required to furnish a bond with corporate surety in an amount to be set by the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Madison County. The circuit clerk shall use the following criteria in determining the amount of bond required: (1) The monetary total of all bonds issued by the bondsman which are outstanding as of July 1 of each year. (2) The monetary total of all unpaid final judgments rendered against the bondsman during that year. (3) The general cooperation exhibited by the bondsman in his or her relations with judges, the district attorney, the circuit clerk, and other court-related officers and employers.  (Act 82-355, p. 510, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.50 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 3 - Court Reporters.|Section 45-45-81.50 - Salary Supplement.

Section 45-45-81.50Salary supplement. Each supernumerary court reporter of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit in Madison County, Alabama, is hereby entitled to and shall be paid a county salary supplement in an amount equal to 40 percent of his or her annual salary as paid by the State of Alabama. Such county supplement shall be in addition to any and all other compensation or expense allowances heretofore provided by law for such reporters. The supplement shall be paid in equal monthly installments from the county treasury of Madison County.  (Act 88-299, p. 459, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.51 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 3 - Court Reporters.|Section 45-45-81.51 - Additional Salary Supplement.

Section 45-45-81.51Additional salary supplement. Each of the court reporters of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit in Madison County, Alabama, is hereby entitled to receive a county supplement in an amount equal to 42 percent of his or her annual salary as paid by the state effective October 15, 1991. When applicable, the supplement shall be adjusted on October 15 of each year thereafter to reflect 42 percent of the salary as paid by the state at that time. Such county supplement shall be the total amount paid to court reporters by the county. Such supplement shall be paid in equal biweekly installments from the county treasury, and shall be in addition to any and all other compensation provided by law.  (Act 91-704, p. 1373, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.70 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 4 - Family Court Division.|Section 45-45-81.70 - Establishment; Administration; Coordination.

Section 45-45-81.70Establishment; administration; coordination. (a) The presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit may establish, by means of a written order, a family court division or divisions of the judicial circuit. The presiding circuit judge shall assign one or more of the existing circuit or district judges to preside in the family court division. The circuit or district court judges assigned to the family court division shall handle all cases and proceedings involving domestic relations, divorces, annulments of marriage, legal separations, custody and support of children, granting and enforcement of alimony, proceedings under any uniform interstate support or custody act, and all other domestic and marital matters over which the circuit courts have jurisdiction, including nonsupport cases arising in the circuit court under Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, Title 30, as well as other matters within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. In the event a district judge is assigned, the district judge shall serve as an ex officio circuit judge when handling cases. The presiding circuit judge may assign other relevant cases to the family court division. (b) The presiding circuit judge of the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall coordinate with the Administrative Director of Courts in the development of a written implementation plan and shall submit the plan to the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court for approval. The plan shall become effective no later than 90 days upon approval by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.  (Act 2003-422, 2nd Sp. Sess., p. 1219, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-81.90 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 2 - Circuit Court.|Division 5 - Judges.|Section 45-45-81.90 - Retirement Compensation.

Section 45-45-81.90Retirement compensation. (a) Any circuit judge or retired circuit judge in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit shall have the right of election to come under this section. Any judge who elects to make the contributions provided in subsection (b) shall upon retirement be entitled to receive as additional compensation payable from the treasury of the county, for each year of service for which he or she is given credit toward retirement under the State of Alabama Judicial Retirement System, a sum equal to 2.222 percent of the compensation paid the judge by the State of Alabama. (b) A circuit judge or retired circuit judge in the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit may elect to participate in the retirement benefits provided in subsection (a) by filing with the clerk of the circuit court and with the chair of the county commission or county treasurer of the county wherein such circuit is located a written instrument declaring his or her election to so participate and authorizing the county governing body to deduct the sum of six percent of his or her county supplemental pay as his or her contribution toward the cost of providing the retirement compensation provided for in subsection (a). (c) The election provided for in subsections (a) and (b) must be made by a judge holding office on May 5, 1988, within 90 days from May 5, 1988, and if not then made may not thereafter be made. A judge not holding office on May 5, 1988, must make such election within 90 days after the date he or she takes office and, if such election is not made, it may not thereafter be made. Provided, however, this section shall not apply to retired circuit judges. (d) If any person who has paid in contributions pursuant to subsection (b) leaves office or dies before becoming entitled to receive the retirement compensation hereinabove provided for, he or she or his or her estate shall be entitled to be reimbursed for all contributions.  (Act 86-341, p. 526, §§ 1-5; Act 88-541, p. 839, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-82.01 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Court Costs.|Division 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-45-82.01 - District Attorney's Fee.

Section 45-45-82.01District attorney's fee. (a) In all cases in the municipal, juvenile, district, and circuit courts in Madison County and the Twenty-third Judicial Circuit, a docket fee, hereinafter referred to as a district attorney's fee, shall be assessed in each case. The fees, when collected, shall be distributed monthly to the District Attorney's Fund in the county or to the fund that may be hereafter prescribed by law for the district attorney's fee. The district attorney's fee shall be in an amount equal to all docket fees or court costs which are assessed in cases and distributed to the Fair Trial Tax Fund. A three dollar ($3) administrative fee from each assessed fee shall be retained by the circuit clerk pursuant to Section 12-17-225.4(2), when the case originates in the juvenile, district, or circuit court, or by the municipal court clerk to be deposited into a municipal court clerk fund and used for administrative expenses when the case originates in the municipal court. (b) The district attorney's fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any other fees or costs. The district attorney's fee shall not be waived or remitted unless the party proves to the reasonable satisfaction of the judge that the party is not capable of paying. (c) The district attorney's fee may be expended, as the district attorney sees fit, for the payment of any and all expenses incurred by the district attorney for law enforcement and in the discharge of the duties of the office.  (Act 2007-471, p. 992, §§ 1-3; Act 2011-608, p. 1352, § 1.)
AL Code § 45-45-82.03 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Court Costs.|Division 1 - Court Costs.|Section 45-45-82.03 - Juvenile Court Advisory Board and Drug Abuse Prevention Fund.

Section 45-45-82.03Juvenile court Advisory Board and Drug Abuse Prevention Fund. (a) In all criminal and juvenile delinquency cases in the circuit and district courts of Madison County wherein the defendant or the juvenile is charged with a violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act the clerk of the respective court shall charge and collect a fee of ten dollars ($10) in addition to all other costs and charges now or hereafter provided. (b) The monies derived from the charges herein prescribed shall be remitted to the Madison County Commission and be deposited to a fund which shall be designated as the Madison County Juvenile Court Drug Abuse Prevention Fund. All funds so deposited shall be disbursed for the following purposes: (1) Conducting drug and alcohol abuse education programs. (2) Conducting drug and alcohol abuse counseling programs. (3) Reimbursing any nonprofit organization approved by the juvenile court of the county for services performed for the juvenile court in providing drug and alcohol educational programs; drug and alcohol counseling services; and drug detection programs and systems, including urine analyses, relating to children under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. (c) Monies paid into the fund provided for in subsection (b) shall be disbursed as directed by the Madison County Juvenile Court Advisory Board pursuant to vouchers issued by its chair and authorized by the board. (d) No monies paid pursuant to this section for drug and alcohol abuse counseling shall be paid to anyone other than a psychologist, a licensed professional counselor, or a psychiatrist. No monies paid hereunder shall be paid to or for the benefit of any employee or elected official of the State of Alabama or Madison County.  (Act 85-596, p. 924, §§ 1-4.)
AL Code § 45-45-82.20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 45 - Local Laws.|Chapter 45 - Madison County.|Article 8 - Courts.|Part 3 - Court Costs.|Division 2 - Law Library.|Section 45-45-82.20 - Establishment and Maintenance.

Section 45-45-82.20Establishment and maintenance. The governing body of Madison County by resolution thereof shall have the power to establish and maintain a county law library in the Madison County courthouse for the use and benefit of the county and state officials, court system, and the public; and shall have the power to appropriate and set aside for the establishment and maintenance of the library, such space and funds as it shall deem necessary and appropriate. All resolutions setting up the county law library in Madison County shall be filed in the Probate Office of Madison County and with the Administrative Director of Courts.  (Act 91-336, p. 654, § 1.)