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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 353
Committee: Ways and Means General FundSponsor: Representative Jim Hill
Analyst: Peter Grogan Date: 03/18/2025
House Bill 353 as introduced would increase the obligations of the Office of Prosecution
Services, funded by the State General Fund, by an estimated $331,000 annually by setting the
salary of district attorneys (DAs) newly appointed or elected after October 1, 2021 to equal the
salary of an incoming circuit court judge. These obligations would be effective beginning in
either fiscal year 2029, or, if the constitutional amendment proposed by Senate Bill 226 is
ratified, in fiscal year 2026.
This bill would also provide for DAs to receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) during their
term of office, contingent on the ratification of the constitutional amendment proposed by
Senate Bill 226, which would further increase the obligations of the State General Fund by an
undetermined amount dependent on the amount of any such increases passed by the Legislature
subsequent to passage of this bill.
In addition, this bill codifies the current practice of the Alabama Administrative Office of the
Courts of adjusting the salaries for justices and judges to include on any COLAs provided by the
Legislature.
Finally, this bill provides that beginning with the next term of office after October 1, 2025, the
compensation of any elected official subject to a local law that sets their compensation, in whole
or in part, on the salary of a circuit or district court judge shall be calculated using the salaries
amount adjusted by this bill and that any adjustment based on longevity must be based on the
respective elected official's time in office.