Opinion No.

Honorable Ben Z. Grant Chairman Judiciary Committee House of Representatives P. O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78769

Re: Salaries of district attorneys.

Dear Representative Grant:

You have requested our opinion on the salary of district attorneys under section 3 of the Professional Prosecutors Act, article 332b-4, V.T.C.S. That section provides:

Sec. 3. Each district attorney governed by this Act shall receive from the state compensation equal to 90 percent of the compensation that is provided for a district judge in the General Appropriations Act. Each commissioners court may supplement the district…