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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:6. Reimbursement for expenses; payment by police juries

RS 16:6 - Reimbursement for expenses; payment by police juries
The district attorneys of this state, the parish of Orleans excepted, shall be entitled to an expense allowance for salaries of stenographers, clerks and secretaries, and salaries or charges for special officers, investigators and other employees and an expense allowance for stationery forms, telephone, transportation, travel, postage, hotel and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.
The police juries of the various parishes of the state of Louisiana are hereby authorized to pay from their general fund any of the items of expense, as provided for herein, incurred by the several district attorneys of this state when acting in their official capacities.
Amended by Acts 1959, No. 113, §17; Acts 1973, No. 115, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:7. Report of taking of appeals; preparation of briefs

RS 16:7 - Report of taking of appeals; preparation of briefs
Each district attorney, in all civil cases in which the state is concerned and wherein appeals have been taken, shall immediately report in writing to the attorney general that the appeals have been taken and the time when they are returnable. When the appeals are returnable to an appellate court sitting at places other than the city of New Orleans, the written report shall be sent to the district attorney of the place where the court will hear the appeal.
The district attorney shall prepare a brief for the case which he shall forward to the attorney general or district attorney who shall revise the brief for use in the appellate court.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:9. Appointment of substitute by district judge; by attorney general

RS 16:9 - Appointment of substitute by district judge; by attorney general
The district judges shall appoint a competent attorney to represent the state in civil matters pending before their courts, when, from any cause, the district attorney is recused, necessarily absent, or sick. The compensation for services rendered shall not exceed the fees now allowed by law to district attorneys for similar services and the compensation shall come out of fees which would otherwise go to the district attorney for these services.
If a district judge is not able, for any cause, to appoint a competent attorney as above provided he shall certify this fact in writing to the attorney-general who shall designate and appoint a district attorney of another district to prosecute all cases, matters, and proceedings for the state.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:10. Annual salary of district attorneys payable by state

RS 16:10 - 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.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:12. Vacancies

RS 16:12 - Vacancies
When a vacancy is caused by death, resignation or removal of a district attorney, the parish of Orleans excepted, and the unexpired term is for a longer period than one year, the attorney general shall forthwith assign the district attorney of another district to act as district attorney of the district wherein such vacancy exists and the district attorney so assigned shall be the lawful successor of such district attorney.
Such assigned district attorney shall have the powers and duties and shall receive, as additional compensation for his services, the same remuneration as is provided by law for the district attorney of the district to which he is assigned, which shall be payable in the manner provided by existing law. If the district to which assignment is made has been provided by law with assistant district attorneys, the assigned district attorney may appoint assistant district attorneys having the qualifications required by law, and the assistant district attorneys so appointed shall receive the remuneration provided by law for such assistants.
The assignment of a district attorney as herein provided and the employment of the assistant district attorneys appointed shall be for a period which shall extend until the vacancy hereinbefore referred to shall be filled by election, appointment or otherwise as provided by law.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 23, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:13. Investigators; appointment; compensation

RS 16:13 - Investigators; appointment; compensation
A. Each district attorney of this state is hereby authorized to employ one special investigator in addition to any others previously authorized by law, to be known by the title of "District Attorneys' Investigator".
B. The special investigator shall receive an annual salary payable by the state, of six thousand dollars. In addition, the governing authorities of the parish or parishes comprising any judicial district may provide and pay an additional compensation to these investigators.
C. No district attorney shall employ a special investigator as authorized by this section until and unless the funds to pay the state's portion of the salaries of such special investigators are appropriated or otherwise made available therefor.
Added by Acts 1968, No. 586, §1. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 368, §1; Acts 1970, No. 515, §1; Acts 1972, No. 501, §1; Acts 1975, No. 352, §1; Acts 1979, No. 323, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:13.1. District attorney's investigator; definition and duties

RS 16:13.1 - District attorney's investigator; definition and duties
The investigators of the district attorneys' offices shall be peace officers with all privileges, immunities, and defenses accorded to peace officers, except that they shall not have the right to make arrests, except as citizens under Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Article 214. They shall have the same territorial jurisdiction as the district attorney for whom they work. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, investigators of a district attorney's office shall not receive state supplemental pay.
Added by Acts 1978, No. 566, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:14. Annual salary of district attorneys and assistant district attorneys payable by parishes

RS 16:14 - Annual salary of district attorneys and assistant district attorneys payable by parishes
A. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, there shall be no restriction, limitation or ceiling placed on the amount of additional salary that may be paid to a district attorney or an assistant district attorney by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state as provided for in R.S. 16:10 and R.S. 16:11.
B. The amounts of additional salaries paid to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as of August 1, 1973, by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state as additional salary shall be construed as the minimum amounts that shall be paid as additional salaries to the said respective district attorneys and assistant district attorneys by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state.
C. 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 or the assistant district attorneys throughout the state by the governing authorities of the several parishes of the state, provided, however, that provisions of this section are to be construed in removing the restriction, limitation, or ceiling which may previously have existed on the amount of additional salary that the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state could pay to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys, and further, as creating a minimum additional salary which shall be paid by the governing authorities of the several parishes of this state to district attorneys and assistant district attorneys as additional salary, which minimum shall be that amount paid by the respective governing authorities of the several parishes of this state to the district attorneys and assistant district attorneys in their parishes on August 1, 1973.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 118, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:15. District attorney's worthless check collection fee

RS 16:15 - District attorney's worthless check collection fee
A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, if the check, draft, or order for payment of money on any bank or depository:
(1) Has been issued in a manner which makes the issuance an offense under R.S. 14:71; or
(2) Has been forged under R.S. 14:72.
B. The district attorney may collect the fee authorized by this Section from any person who is a principal to the offense described in Subsection A of this Section.
C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed:
(1) Fifteen dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money does not exceed fifteen dollars.
(2) Thirty-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than fifteen dollars but does not exceed one hundred dollars.
(3) Seventy-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than one hundred dollars but does not exceed three hundred dollars.
(4) One hundred twenty-five dollars, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than three hundred dollars but does not exceed five hundred dollars.
(5) One hundred seventy-five dollars or twenty percent, whichever amount is greater, if the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money is greater than five hundred dollars.
D. If the person from whom the fee is collected was a principal to the offense of forgery, under R.S. 14:72, committed by altering the face amount of the check, draft, or order for the payment of money, the face amount as altered governs for the purpose of determining the amount of the fee.
E. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the district attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney, but in no event may the district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which the office of a district attorney is receiving at the time this Section takes effect.
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of Subsection E of this Section, in addition to the fees collected as provided in Subsection C of this Section, the district attorney shall collect a fee of twenty-five dollars per worthless check which shall be payable to the person or entity that honored the worthless check or checks.
Added by Acts 1983, No. 196, §1; Acts 1986, No. 74, §1; Acts 1991, No. 171, §2; Acts 1997, No. 1443, §1; Acts 2003, No. 440, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:15.1. District attorneys' toll collection fee

RS 16:15.1 - District attorneys' toll collection fee
A. A district attorney may collect a fee whenever his office collects and processes a demand for payment or violation notice issued by a public entity which owns and administers a toll bridge or bridge-causeway as authorized by R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2.
B. The district attorney may collect the fee authorized by this Section from the registered owner of any vehicle determined liable under R.S. 47:820.5.1, R.S. 14:71.2, or by R.S. 47:820.5.2.
C. The amount of the fee shall not exceed one hundred dollars.
D. Fees collected under this Section shall be deposited in a special fund to be administered by the district attorney. Expenditures from this fund shall be at the sole discretion of the district attorney and may be used only to defray the salaries and expenses of the office of the district attorney, but in no event shall the district attorney supplement his or her own salary from this fund. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease the total salaries, expenses, and allowances which the office of a district attorney is receiving at the time this Section takes effect.
Acts 1995, No. 720, §2; Acts 2003, No. 727, §2, eff. June 27, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:16. Additional court costs to defray expenses

RS 16:16 - Additional court costs to defray expenses
A. Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
B. The sums collected under Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used at his discretion in defraying expenses of his office.
Acts 1986, No. 293, §1; Acts 2003, No. 706, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:16.1. Costs for prosecution expenses

RS 16:16.1 - Costs for prosecution expenses
Except in the parish of Orleans, in all criminal cases, over which the district attorney's office has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of ten dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the clerk's office to the office of the district attorney of the judicial district to be used in defraying expenses of his office.
Acts 1997, No. 1443, §2; Acts 2003, No. 706, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:16.2. Costs for prosecution expenses, Twenty-Second Judicial District

RS 16:16.2 - Costs for prosecution expenses, Twenty-Second Judicial District
Notwithstanding any other statute or provision of law to the contrary, in all criminal cases over which the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or who pleads guilty or nolo contendere or against whom a judgment of bond forfeiture has been rendered, a nonrefundable sum of five dollars in each case, which shall be in addition to all other funds, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed. The sums collected under this Section shall be remitted monthly by the sheriff's office of the parishes of Washington and St. Tammany directly to the office of the district attorney of the Twenty-Second Judicial District to be used in defraying expenses of his office.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 37, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:16.3. Additional court costs to defray expenses; Orleans Parish

RS 16:16.3 - Additional court costs to defray expenses; Orleans Parish
A. In all criminal cases over which the district attorney's office in Orleans Parish has jurisdiction, there may be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after he pleads guilty or who forfeits his bond a nonrefundable sum of twenty dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed.
B. The sums collected under Subsection A of this Section shall be remitted monthly by the judicial administrator's office of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans to the office of the district attorney of Orleans Parish to be used at his discretion in defraying expenses of his office.
Acts 2003, No. 706, §1; Acts 2020, No. 110, §3; Acts 2022, No. 654, §1, eff. June 18, 2022.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:17. Victims assistance program; creation

RS 16:17 - Victims assistance program; creation
A. There is hereby created, within each judicial district in the office of the district attorney, a victims assistance program. The purpose of the program shall be to assist victims and their families through the entire criminal justice process and to facilitate the delivery of victims' services and rights as provided by law.
B. There shall be a full-time victims assistance coordinator for each judicial district. In judicial districts exceeding one hundred thousand persons there shall be one full-time victims assistance coordinator for each one hundred thousand persons or portion thereof which exceeds fifty thousand persons.
C. The victims assistance coordinator shall be paid an annual salary not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, including benefits. This salary shall be payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney and may be supplemented by local funds as may become available to the district attorney.
D. The district attorneys' offices shall establish uniform minimum qualifications for the victims assistance coordinators. The district attorneys shall be responsible for the promulgation of the uniform minimum qualifications of the victims assistance coordinators.
E. The district attorney may assess and collect a reasonable fee from participants in pretrial diversion or pretrial intervention programs to support and maintain victims assistance and/or diversionary programs.
Acts 1995, No. 1170, §1; Acts 2008, No. 316, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:52. Additional salary of assistant district attorneys

RS 16:52 - Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
The assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state as provided in R.S. 16:11, an annual salary as fixed by existing statutes and paid by the governing authority of the parish or parishes composing the judicial district.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 640, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:53. Additional assistant district attorneys

RS 16:53 - Additional assistant district attorneys
In addition to the number of assistant district attorneys provided for each judicial district and for the parish of Orleans in R.S. 16:51 the district attorney of each judicial district and of the parish of Orleans may appoint additional assistant district attorneys. The salary of such additional assistant district attorneys, with the approval of the governing authorities affected, shall be paid by the parish or parishes composing the judicial district or by the parish of Orleans.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 640, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:54. Advisory and Review Commission on Assistant District Attorneys; purposes; membership; appointments; expenses; rules; meetings

RS 16:54 - Advisory and Review Commission on Assistant District Attorneys; purposes; membership; appointments; expenses; rules; meetings
A. There is hereby created within the office of the governor the Governor's Advisory and Review Commission on Assistant District Attorneys, hereafter referred to as the commission, to advise the governor and the legislature with respect to state funded additional assistant district attorney positions in the respective judicial districts and the parish of Orleans. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 16:53, the determination of the commission as to the necessity for each additional district attorney position in each judicial district shall be final, and no position of additional assistant district attorney to be paid by the state shall be enacted without the approval of the commission.
B.(1) The commission shall be composed of the following members:
(a) The judicial administrator of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.
(b) The speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, or his designee.
(c) The president of the Louisiana Senate or his designee.
(d) The chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary.
(e) The chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary B.
(f) The president of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association.
(g) The executive counsel to the governor.
(2) The executive counsel to the governor shall serve as chairman of the commission.
C. Members of the commission shall not receive compensation or per diem for attendance of commission meetings but may be reimbursed reasonable expenses.
D. The commission shall adopt rules necessary for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations.
E. The commission shall meet regularly as determined by the chairman; however, the chairman shall call an extraordinary meeting when requested to do so, in writing, by four or more members of the commission.
Acts 2003, No. 1230, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:55. Guidelines for determination of additional assistant district attorneys

RS 16:55 - Guidelines for determination of additional assistant district attorneys
A. The guidelines in this Section shall be followed in determining the authorization for additional assistant district attorneys in any judicial district.
B. The absolute minimum number of assistant district attorneys required to staff a district attorney's office may be ascertained by adding:
(1) One assistant district attorney per division of court (or judge).
(2) In jurisdictions serving a population in excess of fifty thousand citizens, the office would require an additional assistant district attorney to share the administrative duties and additional workload.
C. In both larger and smaller jurisdictions, a need for additional assistant district attorneys over and above the minimum indicated in the above described criteria may be justified by workload generated or complicated by the following factors:
(1) The number of parishes in the judicial district.
(2) The number of civil bodies represented by the district attorney's office.
(3) The volume of civil work as a result of representing civil bodies.
(4) The volume of felony cases.
(5) The volume of misdemeanor cases.
(6) The volume of juvenile cases.
(7) The volume of nonsupport and family cases.
(8) The volume of city court caseload.
(9) The number of judges available.
(10) The amount of judicial time or trial time available.
(11) The number of police agencies within the district.
(12) The number of additional assistant district attorneys, on staff, paid by federal funds.
Acts 1993, No. 309, §2, eff. August 15, 1993.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:60. Judicial enforcement districts and subdistricts; creation and boundaries

RS 16:60 - Judicial enforcement districts and subdistricts; creation and boundaries
There is hereby created in each judicial district, except for the parish of Orleans, a political subdivision to be known as a judicial enforcement district for the purpose of providing additional financing to the office of the district attorney for that judicial district. The boundaries of each district shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the parish or parishes comprising the judicial district and the duly elected district attorney of the judicial district or his successor shall be ex officio the chief executive officer of the district. In districts comprising more than one parish, the district attorney may create one or more subdistricts which shall each comprise one parish of the judicial district. The district attorney of the judicial district shall be ex officio the chief executive officer of any subdistrict created within the district.
Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:61. Power to tax

RS 16:61 - Power to tax
The districts herein created and the subdistricts which may be created shall have the power to tax but only as provided by this Chapter.
Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:62. Method of taxation; referendum to increase taxes beyond initial authorization; collection

RS 16:62 - Method of taxation; referendum to increase taxes beyond initial authorization; collection
A. Each district or subdistrict hereby created shall be authorized to levy an ad valorem tax on the assessed valuation of all property appearing on the 1988 and subsequent tax rolls, only with the approval of a majority of the electors voting in an election held for that purpose, in an amount not to exceed five mills on the dollar on the property subject to taxation situated in the district or subdistrict. However, the taxes generated by the millage levied shall be collected free of deductions for retirement systems.
B. In addition to the taxes authorized herein, the district or a subdistrict created by the district attorney may impose additional millages in any district or subdistrict when approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon in an election held for that purpose, and any taxes generated by such additional millages shall be levied subject to deductions for retirement systems. This election may be called by the district attorney and ex officio executive officer of the district or subdistrict. The cost of the election shall be borne by the district attorney's general fund unless the election is concurrent with another election, in which event the district or subdistrict shall bear a proportionate share of the cost.
C. In addition to the taxes authorized by this Chapter, each district or subdistrict may levy and receive any other taxes authorized by the constitution of the state of Louisiana to political subdivisions, including a tax upon the sale at retail, the use, lease or rental, the consumption, and the storage for use or consumption of tangible personal property, and on sales of services as defined by law. The tax herein authorized shall be levied and collected only after the question of its imposition has been submitted to and approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the district or subdistrict voting in an election conducted in accordance with the Louisiana Election Code. This election may be called by the district attorney and ex officio executive officer of the district or subdistrict.
D. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as diminishing any authority of the sheriff for the collection of taxes as delegated to him in the constitution and laws of the state.
Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:63. Disbursements

RS 16:63 - Disbursements
All funds received by the districts or subdistricts herein created shall be paid into the district attorney's general fund which shall be disbursed by the district attorney in accordance with law. Expenditures from the district attorney's general fund shall be subject to the public bid laws of the state of Louisiana.
Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:64. Powers of district attorney not diminished

RS 16:64 - Powers of district attorney not diminished
It is the purpose of this Chapter to create judicial enforcement districts and subdistricts for the additional financing of the district attorney's office for each such district. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted as diminishing any of the authority of the district attorney as delegated to him in the constitution and laws of this state.
Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:65. Power to borrow

RS 16:65 - Power to borrow
A. Each district or subdistrict, acting through its duly elected district attorney as its governing authority, is hereby authorized to borrow money and to issue certificates of indebtedness payable from its general revenues, including the avails or residue of the taxes authorized by this Chapter, for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, renovation, expansion, equipping, and furnishing of office, research, and other facilities for the officers, employees, and staff of the district or subdistrict.
B. Each district or subdistrict is also hereby authorized, within two calendar years following a disaster declaration pursuant to the Stafford Act, 42 USC 101 et seq., covering the geographic area in which the district or subdistrict is located, to borrow money only from other governmental entities and not to exceed twenty-five percent of the annual operating budget of the district attorney's office, and to issue certificates of indebtedness payable from its general revenues, including the avails or residue of the taxes authorized by this Chapter, for the purpose of financing the daily operations of the office, including employee, general operating, and all other expenses.
C. Any certificates of indebtedness shall be issued in the manner and subject to the terms and conditions provided by R.S. 33:2922 and 2923.
Acts 1988, No. 688, §1, eff. July 15, 1988; Acts 2006, No. 55, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:71. Compensation; assistants and office help

RS 16:71 - Compensation; assistants and office help
A. There shall be a district attorney for the parish of Orleans.
B. He shall be elected by the voters of the parish at the time and for such term as are provided in R.S. 16:1. He shall receive an annual salary of fifty thousand dollars, payable monthly by the state treasurer upon the warrant of the district attorney, and such amount as the city of New Orleans shall appropriate, to be paid in equal monthly installments.
C. He shall be a licensed attorney and shall perform all duties now prescribed by law or hereafter prescribed by the legislature. He shall appoint the necessary assistants to the district attorney of the parish of Orleans, in accordance with law, who shall be licensed attorneys and the necessary clerks, stenographers and special officers for the district attorney and fix salaries which shall be paid by the city of New Orleans with funds otherwise made available to the district attorney.
D. The city of New Orleans shall provide a sum of not less than one hundred and twenty-four thousand dollars per annum for the payment of the salaries of the assistant attorneys, clerks, stenographers, special officers, and the expenses of the district attorney's office.
E. The assistant district attorneys, clerks, stenographers and special officers may be removed at the discretion of the district attorney.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 114, §1; Acts 1954, No. 112, §1; Acts 1959, No. 44, §1; Acts 1965, No. 48, §2; Acts 1967, No. 12, §2; Acts 1970, No. 209, §1; Acts 1974, No. 470, §1; Acts 1981, No. 122, §2; Acts 1992, No. 1064, §1, eff. July 1, 1992.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:81. Assistant district attorneys

RS 16:81 - Assistant district attorneys
The offices of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth assistant district attorneys for the First Judicial District of Louisiana are hereby created.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 105, §1; Acts 1967, No. 49, §1; Acts 1970, No. 42, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:82. Additional salary of assistant district attorneys

RS 16:82 - Additional salary of assistant district attorneys
A. The first assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than eleven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.
B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than ten thousand dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.
C. The third assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than eight thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.
D. The fourth assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand four hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant.
E. The fifth, sixth and seventh assistant district attorneys shall each receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, an annual salary of not less than seven thousand dollars, payable monthly on the warrants of the fifth, sixth and seventh assistant district attorneys.
F. The eighth and ninth assistant district attorney shall each receive as compensation for his services an annual salary of not less than seven thousand dollars, payable monthly on the warrants of the eighth and ninth assistant district attorneys.
G. These salaries shall be paid by the parish of Caddo.
H. The assistant district attorneys for the First Judicial District shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salaries paid them by the parish of Caddo, as provided in this section, such additional salaries as the police jury of Caddo Parish may provide.
Amended by Acts 1952, No. 13, §§1, 2; Acts 1954, No. 105, §§2, 3; Acts 1967, No. 49, §1; Acts 1970, No. 42, §1; Acts 1973, No. 118, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:84. Additional salary of district attorney

RS 16:84 - Additional salary of district attorney
The district attorney of the First Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of eleven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parish of Caddo.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:85. Budget to include additional salary

RS 16:85 - Budget to include additional salary
The police jury of the parish of Caddo shall annually, and at the same time as it prepares the general budget of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the additional salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:102. Additional salary of assistant district attorney

RS 16:102 - Additional salary of assistant district attorney
The assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state an annual salary of two thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Second Judicial District as follows:
By the parish of Claiborne, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;
By the parish of Bienville, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;
By the parish of Jackson, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.
Amended by Acts 1958, No. 129, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:103. Additional salary of district attorney

RS 16:103 - Additional salary of district attorney
The district attorney of the Second Judicial District of this state, shall, in addition to the salary now paid him by the State of Louisiana, be paid an additional salary of four thousand three hundred dollars, by the parishes comprising the said judicial district, apportioned as follows:
By the parish of Claiborne, the sum of $1,800.00 per annum;
By the parish of Bienville, the sum of $1,500.00 per annum;
By the parish of Jackson, the sum of $1,000.00 per annum.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §1. Amended by Acts 1958, No. 88, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:106. Other fees or compensation prohibited; representation of parishes and other public boards

RS 16:106 - Other fees or compensation prohibited; representation of parishes and other public boards
The district attorney of said judicial district shall receive no other fees nor other compensation for official service in said district court, and he shall represent the parishes of said judicial district and other public boards therein, in all matters of litigation in which said parishes or said boards may have an interest, and shall be their legal advisor when so requested, without extra compensation; provided that in any litigation or business necessitating the attention or assistance of said district attorney outside of his judicial district by either the parishes, school boards or other public board therein, said district attorney shall be allowed and paid his expenses and provided, further, that this section shall not apply to any fees that are recovered as penalties in a civil suit where attorney's fees are made a part of the damages or penalties by statute.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 345, §4. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 581, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:108. Second assistant district attorney

RS 16:108 - Second assistant district attorney
The office of second assistant district attorney is hereby created for the Second Judicial District of Louisiana. The second assistant district attorney shall not be a resident of the parish in which the district attorney of said district resides, nor shall he be a resident of the parish in which the first assistant district attorney resides.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 152, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:109. Additional salary of second assistant district attorney

RS 16:109 - Additional salary of second assistant district attorney
The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of two thousand two hundred dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Second Judicial District as follows:
By the parish of Claiborne, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;
By the parish of Bienville, the sum of six hundred dollars per annum;
By the parish of Jackson, the sum of one thousand dollars per annum.
Added by Acts 1971, No. 152, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:112. Additional salary of assistant district attorney

RS 16:112 - Additional salary of assistant district attorney
The said assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, such additional salary as the police jury of Lincoln Parish may provide, and such additional salary as the police jury of Union Parish may provide. If either police jury chooses to pay an additional salary, each salary shall be payable on the warrant of the assistant district attorney.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 148, §2. Amended by Acts 1965, No. 144, §1; Acts 1980, No. 361, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:114. Additional salary of district attorney

RS 16:114 - Additional salary of district attorney
The district attorney for the Third Judicial District of this state shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid him by the state of Louisiana, such additional salary as the police jury of Lincoln Parish may provide, and such additional salary as the police jury of Union Parish may provide. If either police jury chooses to pay an additional salary, each salary shall be payable on the warrant of the district attorney.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §2. Amended by Acts 1967, No. 42, §1; Acts 1980, No. 361, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:115. Budget to include additional salary

RS 16:115 - Budget to include additional salary
The police juries of each of the parishes comprising the Third Judicial District shall annually and at the same time as they prepare their general budgets of expenses, budget an amount sufficient to pay the salary of the district attorney as herein fixed.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:116. Second assistant district attorney

RS 16:116 - Second assistant district attorney
A. The office of second assistant district attorney of the Third Judicial District of Louisiana is hereby created.
B. The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, such additional salary as the police jury of Lincoln Parish may provide, and such additional salary as the police jury of Union Parish may provide. If either police jury chooses to pay an additional salary, each salary shall be payable on the warrant of the second assistant district attorney.
Added by Acts 1972, No. 245, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 361, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:121. Assistant district attorneys

RS 16:121 - Assistant district attorneys
The offices of first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth assistant district attorneys for the Fourth Judicial District are created.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 76, §1; Acts 1956, No. 77, §1; Acts 1965, No. 147, §1; Acts 1970, No. 336, §1; Acts 1972, No. 264, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:122. Residence and additional salary of assistant district attorneys

RS 16:122 - Residence and additional salary of assistant district attorneys
A. The first assistant district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than six thousand dollars payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the first assistant district attorney.
B. The second assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Morehouse and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than four thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Morehouse on the warrant of the second assistant district attorney.
C. The third assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the third assistant district attorney.
D. The fourth assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the fourth assistant district attorney.
E. The fifth assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Ouachita and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than five thousand, seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Ouachita on the warrant of the fifth assistant district attorney.
F. The sixth assistant district attorney shall reside in the parish of Morehouse and shall receive as compensation for his services, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state, an annual salary of not less than four thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly by the parish of Morehouse on the warrant of the sixth assistant district attorney.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 76, §2; Acts 1952, No. 197, §1; Acts 1956, No. 77, §2; Acts 1960, No. 320, §1; Acts 1965, No. 147, §2; Acts 1968, No. 325, §1; Acts 1970, No. 336, §2; Acts 1971, No. 113, §1; Acts 1972, No. 264, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:123. Fixing of salaries of assistant district attorneys; budget to include additional salaries

RS 16:123 - Fixing of salaries of assistant district attorneys; budget to include additional salaries
A. The governing authorities of the parishes of Ouachita and Morehouse shall annually budget an amount sufficient to pay the salaries of assistant district attorneys of the Fourth Judicial District as provided by R.S. 16:122.
B. The first, third, fourth and fifth assistant district attorneys shall receive, in addition to the annual salaries paid to them by the parish of Ouachita as provided in R.S. 16:122, such additional salaries as the police jury of the parish of Ouachita may provide.
C. The second and sixth assistant district attorneys shall receive as compensation for their services, in addition to the annual salary paid to them by the parish of Morehouse as provided in R.S. 16:122 such additional salary as the police jury of the parish of Morehouse may provide.
Amended by Acts 1950, No. 76, §3; Acts 1960, No. 320, §2; Acts 1965, No. 147, §3; Acts 1971, No. 113, §1; Acts 1972, No. 264, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 16 - District Attorneys › §16:124. Additional salary of district attorney

RS 16:124 - Additional salary of district attorney
The district attorney of the Fourth Judicial District of this state shall receive, in addition to the salary now paid him by the state, an annual salary of eleven thousand seven hundred fifty dollars, payable monthly on his own warrant by the parishes comprising the fourth judicial district and apportioned as follows:
(1) By the parish of Morehouse, the sum of four thousand two hundred fifty dollars per annum.
(2) By the parish of Ouachita, the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum.
Added by Acts 1959, No. 113, §3.