§ 10-61. Assistant district attorneys—Generally.  


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  • The district attorney is authorized to appoint, in addition to those assistant district attorneys otherwise provided by law, 15 full-time or part-time assistant district attorneys who shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney and who shall assist the district attorney in the performance of his or her duties. All assistant district attorneys shall have been admitted to the practice of law in all of the courts of the State of Georgia and be members in good standing with the State Bar of Georgia. All assistant district attorneys shall be compensated in the sum [as fixed by law] per annum, except that the chief assistant district attorney shall receive no more than [the sum fixed by law for that position] per annum. The exact amount of said compensation shall be determined by the district attorney of the Cobb Judicial Circuit. Said sum shall be payable in equal monthly installments from the general funds of said county, with the exception that whenever the State of Georgia shall provide the compensation to any of the assistant district attorneys, the amount of state compensation shall be deducted from the total salary paid by the general funds of Cobb County, Georgia.

(1951 Ga. Laws (Act No. 151), page 184, § 4B; 1960 Ga. Laws (Act No. 505), page 149, § 1; 1961 Ga. Laws (Act No. 479), page 553, § 1; 1962 Ga. Laws (Act No. 668), page 130, § 3; 1965 Ga. Laws (Act No. 479), page 548, § 2; 1969 Ga. Laws (Act No. 181), page 213, § 3; 1970 Ga. Laws (Act No. 977), page 255, § 1; 1972 Ga. Laws (Act No. 925), page 399, § 2; 1973 Ga. Laws (Act No. 311), page 584, § 2; 1984 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1192), page 5188, § 1; 1988 Ga. Laws (Act No. 979), page 4445, § 3; 1990 Ga. Laws (Act No. 945), page 4456, § 2; 1994 Ga. Laws (Act No. 1061), page 4622, § 2; 1995 Ga. Laws (Act No. 52), page 3619, § 2; 1995 Ga. Laws (Act No. 190), page 4138, § 2)