Section 12-17-182 - Compensation(a)(1) Subject to subdivision (2), district attorneys for each judicial circuit in the state serving on October 1, 2021, until the end of his or her service, shall be paid by the state an annual salary of an amount equal to one thousand dollars ($1,000) less than the salary paid by the state to the highest paid circuit judge of the state, payable as the salaries of other state officers are paid. District attorneys holding office on October 1, 2021, are exempt from subsection (b).(2) A district attorney's salary may only increase after the completion of the term for which he or she was appointed or elected, and after completion of any subsequent elected term.(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), any district attorney newly appointed or elected after October 1, 2021, shall receive an initial salary of one hundred forty thousand dollars ($140,000).(2) The salary of district attorneys shall be increased by 7.5 percent for the term commencing after the completion of the first term for which he or she was appointed or elected as district attorney. The salary shall be increased by an additional 7.5 percent for the term commencing after the completion of his or her second term as district attorney. The salary shall be increased by an additional 7.5 percent for the term commencing after the completion of his or her third term as district attorney.(c) The compensation paid by the state to any district attorney in service on October 1, 2021, may not be diminished pursuant to Act 2021-441.Ala. Code § 12-17-182 (1975)
Amended by Act 2021-441,§ 3, eff. 10/1/2021.Acts 1963, No. 511, p. 1096; Acts 1966, Ex. Sess., No. 264, p. 406; Acts 1967, No. 526, p. 1260.