COURTS Prosecuting Attorneys: Change Appointment, Qualifications, Classification, and Compensation of Assistant District Attorneys; Change Provisions Relating to the Appointment of District Attorney Investigators; Change Provisions Relating to Administrative, Clerical, and Paraprofessional Personnel Employed by District Attorneys; Provide That Nonstate Paid Personnel Employed in District Attorneys' Offices Shall Serve at the Pleasure of the District Attorney

Authors

Brooks Morel

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act Amends various sections of the Georgia Code relating to district attorneys, and the act eliminates definitions of various terms. The Prosecuting Attorney's Council of the State of Georgia may now consider various factors when authorizing additional assistant district attorneys and district attorney investigators. The Act changes language addressing qualifications and salaries of assistant district attorneys. Additionally, the Act changes language regarding legal secretaries to include various forms of the personnel, such as administrative clerical, and paraprofessional personnel. As with assistant district attorneys and district attorney investigators, the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of the State of Georgia may now consider various factors when employing personnel. Personnel employed by the district attorney shall now serve at the pleasure of the assistant district attorney.

Recommended Citation

Brooks Morel, COURTS Prosecuting Attorneys: Change Appointment, Qualifications, Classification, and Compensation of Assistant District Attorneys; Change Provisions Relating to the Appointment of District Attorney Investigators; Change Provisions Relating to Administrative, Clerical, and Paraprofessional Personnel Employed by District Attorneys; Provide That Nonstate Paid Personnel Employed in District Attorneys' Offices Shall Serve at the Pleasure of the District Attorney, 17 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2000).
Available at: https://readingroom.law.gsu.edu/gsulr/vol17/iss1/11