Opinion No. (2006)

Dear Ms. Atwood:

This office has received your request for an official Attorney General Opinion in which you ask, in effect, the following questions:

Pursuant to 19 O.S. Supp. 2005, § 215.30[19-215.30](A), which was last amended in 2002, district attorneys receive a salary equal to 98% of the salary of a district judge. See 2002 Okla. Sess. Laws ch. 389, § 1(A). Effective July 1, 2005, the salary of a district court judge was raised from $95,898.00 to $102,529.00. 20 O.S. Supp. 2005, § 92.1A[20-92.1A](1). Effective July 1, 2006, the Board on Judicial Compensation raised the salary of a district…