Alabama 2022 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB509 Compare Versions

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1	1	1 HB509
2	2	2 217543-1
3	3	3 By Representative Hollis (N & P)
4	4	4 RFD: Jefferson County Legislation
5	5	5 First Read: 17-MAR-22
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7	7	Page 0 1 217543-1:n:02/14/2022:HB/ma LSA2022-470
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15	15	9 A BILL
16	16	10 TO BE ENTITLED
17	17	11 AN ACT
18	18	12
19	19	13 Relating to Jefferson County; to amend Section
20	20	14 45-37-82.01, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide for the
21	21	15 appointment of additional assistant district attorneys in the
22	22	16 Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer Division.
23	23	17 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
24	24	18 Section 1. Section 45-37-82.01, Code of Alabama
25	25	19 1975, is amended to read as follows:
26	26	20 "§45-37-82.01.
27	27	21 "(a) In the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bessemer
28	28	22 Division, the elected assistant district attorney of the
29	29	23 circuit may appoint 15 16 deputy district attorneys. The
30	30	24 deputy district attorneys appointed pursuant to this section
31	31	25 shall be qualified to practice law in the courts of this
32	32	26 state, and shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing
33	33	27 elected assistant district attorney. The deputy district
34	34	Page 1 1 attorneys shall be state officers and shall perform the duties
35	35	2 in the circuit as the elected assistant district attorney may
36	36	3 require.
37	37	4 "(b) The elected assistant district attorney may
38	38	5 designate one deputy district attorney to serve as chief
39	39	6 deputy district attorney, four deputy district attorneys to
40	40	7 serve as Level I deputy district attorneys, five deputy
41	41	8 district attorneys to serve as Level II deputy district
42	42	9 attorneys, and five six deputy district attorneys to serve as
43	43	10 Level III deputy district attorneys.
44	44	11 "(c) The total annual compensation to be received by
45	45	12 each deputy district attorney shall be computed by the use of
46	46	13 levels and steps. Levels shall refer to the amount of legal
47	47	14 experience which each deputy district attorney had at the time
48	48	15 of appointment to the office. It is intended to entitle an
49	49	16 attorney with applicable legal experience to commence the
50	50	17 office at a higher rate of pay than one who has less
51	51	18 applicable legal experience. Steps shall refer to the amount
52	52	19 of time that the deputy district attorney has served in the
53	53	20 office as deputy district attorney or the length of time that
54	54	21 the officer shall continue. It is intended by this provision
55	55	22 to allow periodic increases in pay as incentive for the
56	56	23 officer to continue to serve in the office; however, the
57	57	24 elected assistant district attorney shall have the authority
58	58	25 to designate the level and step, at the time of appointment,
59	59	26 of any appointed deputy district attorneys authorized by this
60	60	27 section.
61	61	Page 2 1 "(d) The annual compensation to be paid the chief
62	62	2 deputy district attorney, one deputy district attorney
63	63	3 designated as Level I deputy district attorney, one deputy
64	64	4 district attorney designated as Level II deputy district
65	65	5 attorney, and one deputy district attorney designated as Level
66	66	6 III deputy district attorney shall be as provided in the
67	67	7 schedule of salaries set out in subsection (g). Of the total
68	68	8 annual compensation to be paid each of the four deputy
69	69	9 district attorneys, each shall be paid an annual salary by the
70	70	10 State of Alabama of twelve thousand nine hundred dollars
71	71	11 ($12,900), payable from the general funds of the state in
72	72	12 equal installments as the salaries of other state officers are
73	73	13 paid. The remainder of the annual compensation as provided in
74	74	14 the schedule of salaries set out in subsection (g), of each of
75	75	15 the four deputy district attorneys, shall be paid by the
76	76	16 county within the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which sum shall be
77	77	17 paid from the general funds of the county, in equal
78	78	18 semimonthly installments as the salaries of other county
79	79	19 officers are paid.
80	80	20 "(e) The annual compensation to be paid to three
81	81	21 deputy district attorneys designated as Level I deputy
82	82	22 district attorneys, four deputy district attorneys designated
83	83	23 as Level II deputy district attorneys, and four five deputy
84	84	24 district attorneys designated as Level III deputy district
85	85	25 attorneys shall be as provided in the schedule of salaries set
86	86	26 out in subsection (g). The compensation shall be paid by the
87	87	27 county within the Tenth Judicial Circuit, which sum shall be
88	88	Page 3 1 paid from the general funds of the county, in equal
89	89	2 semimonthly installments as the salaries of other officers are
90	90	3 paid.
91	91	4 "(f) The deputy district attorneys appointed by the
92	92	5 elected assistant district attorney to serve in the positions
93	93	6 identified in subsection (b) shall be compensated at the rate
94	94	7 consistent with their appointment in accordance with the
95	95	8 schedule of salaries set out by subsection (g). Thereafter,
96	96	9 increases in compensation for each deputy district attorney
97	97	10 may be made annually within the grade scale set out in the
98	98	11 schedule of salaries in subsection (g), provided the
99	99	12 performance of the deputy district attorney has been
100	100	13 satisfactory to the elected assistant district attorney. The
101	101	14 elected assistant district attorney shall also have the
102	102	15 authority to assign any of the deputy district attorneys to
103	103	16 the Level I, Level II, and Level III positions as the elected
104	104	17 assistant district attorney deems appropriate, within the
105	105	18 limitations of subsection (b).
106	106	19 "(g) The schedule of salaries, referred to below,
107	107	20 consisting of levels and steps, shall be as follows:
108	108	Attorneys21 Chief Level I Level II Level III
109	109	Step 122 103,000 78,000 57,500 38,000
110	110	Step 223 105,000 80,000 59,000 39,500
111	111	Step 324 107,000 82,000 60,500 41,000
112	112	Step 425 109,000 84,000 62,000 42,500
113	113	Page 4 Step 51 111,000 86,000 63,500 44,000
114	114	Step 62 113,000 88,000 65,000 45,500
115	115	Step 73 115,000 90,000 66,500 47,000
116	116	Step 84 117,000 92,000 68,000 48,500
117	117	Step 95 119,000 94,000 69,500 50,000
118	118	Step 106 121,000 96,000 71,000 51,500
119	119	Step 117 123,000 98,000 72,500 53,000
120	120	Step 128 125,000 100,000 74,000 54,500
121	121	"(h) The compensation provided by this section shall9
122	122	10 become effective on October 1, 1997. The county governing body
123	123	11 of the county or counties within the Tenth Judicial Circuit
124	124	12 may increase the compensation payable by the county or
125	125	13 counties within the Tenth Judicial Circuit as provided in the
126	126	14 schedule of salaries at any time by resolution of the
127	127	15 governing body. Upon passage of the resolution, the additional
128	128	16 compensation shall be paid from the general funds of the
129	129	17 county in semimonthly installments as the salaries of other
130	130	18 county officers are paid."
131	131	19 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the
132	132	20 first day of the third month following its passage and
133	133	21 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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