§ 16:11 — Annual salary of assistant district attorneys payable by state

Louisiana § 16:11

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 16: District Attorneys

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§11. Annual salary of assistant district attorneys payable by state
A.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, effective July 1, 2006,
the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys throughout the state of
Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at thirty-five thousand dollars
payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district
attorneys. Effective July 1, 2007, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district
attorneys, throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed
at forty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of
the assistant district attorneys. Effective July 1, 2008, the annual salary of each of the several
assistant district attorneys, throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans,
is hereby fixed at forty-five thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the
warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys. Effective July 1, 2020, the annual salary
of each of the several assistant district attorneys throughout the state of Louisiana, including
the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars payable
monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the assistant district attorneys.
Effective July 1, 2021, the annual salary of each of the several assistant district attorneys
throughout the state of Louisiana, including the parish of Orleans, is hereby fixed at fifty
thousand dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of each of the
assistant district attorneys. Any increase in salary shall be subject to an appropriation for that
purpose.
(2) District attorneys for all judicial districts may reallocate by combining or dividing
the total amount fixed in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection to pay the salaries of any of his
other assistant district attorneys in any lawful manner that the district attorney deems
appropriate. All district attorneys shall certify to the state treasurer the amount of the annual
salary payable upon warrant for each of his assistant district attorneys provided by R.S.
16:51.
B. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to repeal, supersede or affect
any existing law or laws or provisions of any statutes which have been enacted or may be
enacted by the legislature fixing the compensation to be paid the assistant district attorneys
throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state. Any
such compensation paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state shall
be in addition to the sum which the state treasurer is required to pay under the provisions of
this Section.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1952, No. 393, §§1, 2; Amended by Acts 1954, No. 351, §1; Acts 1965, No. 116, §1; Acts 1969, No. 121, §1; Acts 1970, No. 289, §1; Acts 1975, no. 758, §2, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 208, §1; Acts 1980, No. 169, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, § 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts 1992, No. 1065, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 2003, No. 705, §1; Acts 2004, No. 713, §1, eff. July 6, 2004; Acts 2006, No. 790, §1; Acts 2007, No. 283, §1; Acts 2014, No. 366, §1; Acts 2015, No. 283, §1; Acts 2019, No. 315, §1, eff. July 1, 2019; Acts 2024, No. 555, §1.