Opinion of the Justices

To the Members of the Senate

State Capitol

Montgomery, AL 36130

Dear Mesdames and Sirs:

Yesterday, we received your Senate Resolution 440 (a copy of which is attached),1 in which you requested our opinions relative to “H. B. 990, as substituted in the Senate, of the 1978 Regular Session,” (a copy of which is also attached)2 which bill pertains to creating the office of Assistant Judge of Probate of Jefferson County, Alabama, and provides for his appointment, qualifications, duties and benefits. The questions you have posed and our answers are as follows:

“1. Does this bill propose a local law…