Louisiana § RS 16:573 - Salaries of assistant district attorneys
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 16:573 — Salaries of assistant district attorneys, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 16:573. Salaries of assistant district attorneys
A. The assistant district attorneys of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District shall receive, in addition to any salary paid to them by the state, if any, an annual salary as set out by the district attorney from the annual budgeted funds provided by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines for salaries for assistant district attorneys, said salaries to be set for each assistant district attorney by the district attorney at his discretion. The total amount of the said budgeted salary funds which have been designated by the governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines to be paid to the assistant district attorneys as directed by the district attorney shall not be reduced once same has been in effect for a period of six months. Said salaries shall be paid monthly in an amount set by the district attorney, payable on warrant of the individual assistants as the case may be.
B. The governing authority of the parish of Plaquemines shall annually, at the time it prepares its general budget, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries provided herein.
Amended by Acts 1960, No. 244, §1; Acts 1986, No. 198, §1; Acts 1986, No. 223, §1; Acts 1997, No. 782, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
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