(a) No later than January 1, 2018, the Alabama Supreme Court shall revise the factors considered in the Judicial Weighted Caseload Study to uniformly, fairly, and accurately account for criminal cases by counts brought against a defendant.
(b) No judgeship shall be reallocated until three years of data is available after the revision of the factors considered in the Judicial Weighted Caseload Study as provided in this section.
(c) No judicial circuit shall lose more than one judgeship through allocation in a two year period.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 9A - Judicial Resources Allocation Commission.
Section 12-9A-1 - Creation and Composition; Duties.
Section 12-9A-2 - Reallocation of Vacant Judgeship.
Section 12-9A-3 - Jurisdiction, Power, Rights, etc., of Reallocated Judge.
Section 12-9A-4 - Compensation of Judges.
Section 12-9A-5 - Judicial Weighted Caseload Study.
Section 12-9A-6 - Meetings and Records.
Section 12-9A-7 - Temporary Assignment of Circuit or District Judge to Another Circuit.
Section 12-9A-8 - Assignment of Circuit or District Judges by Presiding Circuit Judge.