Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1588 - District attorneys and chief assistants; compensation

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1. Holland  157th         2. Epps  131st


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              2/5/96   Read 1st Time                                                                
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              2/14/96  Favorably Reported                                                           
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Code Sections amended: 15-18-10, 15-18-15                                                           


HB 1588                                           LC 10 1691S






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official
  1- 2  Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions
  1- 3  relative to district attorneys, so as to provide that the
  1- 4  county or counties comprising a judicial circuit may
  1- 5  supplement the salary of the district attorney in an amount
  1- 6  determined by the governing authority of the county or
  1- 7  counties; to provide that a district attorney may authorize
  1- 8  an increased level of compensation for the chief assistant
  1- 9  district attorney; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
  1-10  purposes.

  1-11       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1-12  Article 1 of Chapter 18 of Title 15 of the Official Code of
  1-13  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative
  1-14  to district attorneys, is amended by striking in its
  1-15  entirety subsection (b) of Code Section 15-18-10, relating
  1-16  to the compensation of district attorneys and
  1-17  supplementation thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the
  1-18  following:

  1-19    "(b) The county or counties comprising the judicial
  1-20    circuit may supplement the salary of the district attorney
  1-21    in such amount as the county governing authority deems
  1-22    appropriate is or may be authorized by local Act."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-23  Said article is further amended by striking in its entirety
  1-24  subsection (c) of Code Section 15-18-15, relating to chief
  1-25  assistant district attorneys, which reads as follows:

  1-26    "(c) In addition to any other compensation which the chief
  1-27    assistant district attorney may receive from state or
  1-28    county funds, the district attorney may authorize the
  1-29    chief assistant district attorney to be paid an amount not
  1-30    to exceed $1,200.00 per annum.  Said amount shall be paid
  1-31    in equal monthly installments from state funds



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                                                 LC 10 1691S

  2- 1    appropriated or available for the operation of the
  2- 2    superior courts.",

  2- 3  and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

  2- 4    "(c) In lieu of any other compensation which the chief
  2- 5    assistant district attorney may receive from state  funds
  2- 6    and in addition to any other compensation which the chief
  2- 7    assistant district attorney may receive from county funds
  2- 8    or any other source, the district attorney may authorize
  2- 9    the chief assistant district attorney to be paid as
  2-10    follows:

  2-11      (1) The district attorney may authorize a chief
  2-12      assistant district attorney with less than three years
  2-13      of service as chief assistant district attorney to be
  2-14      paid at the rate of pay one step higher than the rate to
  2-15      which he or she would otherwise be entitled;

  2-16      (2) The district attorney may authorize a chief
  2-17      assistant district attorney with three or more but less
  2-18      than five years of service as chief assistant district
  2-19      attorney to be paid at a rate two steps higher than the
  2-20      rate to which he or she would otherwise be entitled; and

  2-21      (3) The district attorney may authorize a chief
  2-22      assistant district attorney with five or more years of
  2-23      service as chief assistant district attorney to be paid
  2-24      at a rate of pay three steps higher than the rate to
  2-25      which he or she would otherwise be entitled.

  2-26    The amounts provided for in this subsection  shall be paid
  2-27    in equal monthly installments from state funds
  2-28    appropriated or available for the operation of the
  2-29    superior courts - district attorneys.  For purposes of
  2-30    this subsection, all years of service as chief assistant
  2-31    district attorney in any judicial circuit and without
  2-32    regard to any break in service shall be used in
  2-33    calculating the total number of years of service as chief
  2-34    assistant district attorney."

                         SECTION 3.

  2-35  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-36  repealed.







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