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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Swisstack
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
1/25/2006
HB 366
SHORT TITLE Administrative Office of District Attorneys
SB
ANALYST McOlash
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY06
FY07
$2.082.5
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriations in the House Bill 7 and SB 1.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Administrative Office of District Attorneys AODA)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Bill 366 makes a special appropriation of $2,082,500 from the General Fund to the
AODA for expenditure in FY 2007 to provide for parity salary adjustments for AODA attorneys.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY 2007 shall revert to the
General Fund.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any unex-
pended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of FY07 shall revert to the general fund.
House Bill 7, for the Legislative Finance Committee, provides for five percent salary increases
for District Attorneys ($81,955) and District Attorney employees ($2,136,420).
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House Bill 366 – Page 2
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
The AODA analysis indicates that prosecutors are the lowest paid attorneys in state government
– an average of 15% less than other state attorneys with comparable experience. This translates
into $5,000 - $12,000 per year less than other state attorneys.
WHAT WILL BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ENACTING THIS BILL
According to the AODA analysis, District Attorney’s offices will continue to have high turnover
rates and experience the efficiencies associated with being unable to retain a tenured attorney
staff.
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