Louisiana § RS 16:321 - Additional salary of the district attorney
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 16:321 — Additional salary of the district attorney, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 16:321. Additional salary of the district attorney
The district attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state, an annual salary of seventeen thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, by the parishes comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District, apportioned as follows:
(1) By the parish of Acadia, the sum of five thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
(2) By the parish of Lafayette, the sum of five thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
(3) By the parish of Vermilion, the sum of five thousand eight hundred dollars per annum.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 37, §1; Acts 1952, No. 247, §1; Acts 1962, No. 348, §1; Acts 1966, No. 257, §1; Acts 1967, No. 67, §1; Acts 1970, No. 509, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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