Louisiana § RS 16:487 - Fourth assistant district attorney
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§ RS 16:487. Fourth assistant district attorney
A. The office of fourth assistant district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana is hereby created.
B.(1) The fourth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer a salary of not less than two thousand four hundred dollars per year, payable on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana, apportioned as follows:
(a) By the parish of St. Tammany, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.
(b) By the parish of Washington, the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per year.
(2) Provided in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from said funds, all according to law.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §7.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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