§10. Annual salary of district attorneys payable by state
A.(1) The annual salary of the several district attorneys throughout the state
of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty thousand dollars payable monthly by the state
treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney.
(2) Effective July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the several district attorneys
throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty-two thousand five hundred
dollars payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district
attorney. Effective July 1, 2021, the annual salary of the several district attorneys
throughout the state of Louisiana is hereby fixed at fifty-five thousand dollars payable
monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney.
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
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.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 186, §§1, 2. Amended by Acts 1952, No. 392, §§1,
2; Acts 1965, No. 48, §1; Acts 1967, No. 12, §1; Acts 1970, No. 209, §1; Acts 1973,
No. 115, §1; Acts 1975, No. 758, §1, eff. July 1, 1975; Acts 1979, No. 207, §1; Acts
1980, No. 169, §2, eff. Sept. 1, 1980; Acts 1981, No. 636, §4, eff. Sept. 1, 1981; Acts
1992, No. 1064, §1, eff. July 1, 1992; Acts 2019, No. 315, §1, eff. July 1, 2019.