Louisiana § RS 16:384 - Additional salary of the assistant district attorneys
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 16:384 — Additional salary of the assistant district attorneys, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 16:384. Additional salary of the assistant district attorneys
A. The first assistant district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of eight thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant, provided that this Act shall not become effective until such time as funds are made available by the legislature to pay the salary of the district attorney of the Thirty-Second Judicial District.1
B. The second assistant district attorney of the Seventeenth Judicial District shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of seven thousand five hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary of each of the assistant district attorneys shall be payable solely by the parish of Lafourche.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 549, §1; Acts 1961, No. 56, §1; Acts 1961, 2nd Ex.Sess., No. 8, §2; Acts 1965, No. 150, §1; Acts 1967, No. 63, §1; Acts 1968, No. 309, §1.
1As it appears in the enrolled bill.
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