Provided, in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth above, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from said funds, all according to law.
The office of second assistant district attorney shall not be filled until such time as there has been appropriated or funds have otherwise been made available to pay that portion of his salary required by law to be paid by the state.
La. R.S. § 16:485