(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.
Structure Code of Alabama
Chapter 17 - Circuit and District Court Personnel.
Article 6 - District Attorneys.
Division 1 - General Provisions.
Section 12-17-180 - When Elected; Term of Office.
Section 12-17-181 - Filling of Vacancies.
Section 12-17-182 - Compensation.
Section 12-17-183 - Residence; Vacation of Office for Nonresidency.
Section 12-17-184 - Powers and Duties Generally.
Section 12-17-185 - Duty to Attend Court.
Section 12-17-187 - Failure to Collect Amounts Due to County From Public Officers.
Section 12-17-188 - Suspension From Office - Indictment Pending.
Section 12-17-190 - Suspension From Office - When Order of Suspension Set Aside.
Section 12-17-191 - Allowance for Attendance Outside Home County.
Section 12-17-192 - Additional Allowance in Circuits Having Four or More Counties.
Section 12-17-193 - Fees of District Attorneys to Be Paid Into State Treasury.
Section 12-17-194 - Commencing Prosecution on Own Affidavit.
Section 12-17-196 - Restrictions on Law Partners Defending Criminal Cases.
Section 12-17-197 - District Attorney's Fund.
Section 12-17-198 - Appointment, Number and Compensation of Assistant District Attorneys.
Section 12-17-199 - Entitlement of Elected Assistant District Attorneys to Entitlements in Article.