IC 33-39-6-5 — Minimum annual salary; full-time or part-time prosecuting attorneys
Chapter 6. Compensation of Prosecuting Attorneys, Deputies, and Investigators
Bills amending this section
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Sec. 5. (a) The annual minimum salary paid by the state to a full-time prosecuting attorney described in section 6 of this chapter is equal to the minimum salary of the circuit court judge of the same judicial circuit as the prosecuting attorney. (b) A prosecuting attorney of a judicial circuit, other than a full-time prosecuting attorney described in section 6 of this chapter is entitled to a minimum annual salary in an amount equal to sixty percent (60%) of the salary provided in subsection (a), except as provided by subsection (c). (c) A prosecuting attorney, other than a full-time prosecuting attorney described in section 6 of this chapter, of a judicial circuit: (1) that has a population of less than eighty-five thousand (85,000) and that adjoins any county having a population of more than one hundred sixty thousand (160,000); or (2) in which is located: (A) the Indiana state prison, the Pendleton Correctional Facility, the Plainfield Correctional Facility, the Branchville Correctional Facility, the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, or the Putnamville Correctional Facility; or (B) a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-318) that has a daily population of at least three hundred fifty (350) patients; is entitled to a minimum annual salary in an amount equal to sixty-six percent (66%) of the salary provided in subsection (a). (d) The state shall pay, from the state general fund, the minimum annual salary of a prosecuting attorney. The state shall pay the minimum annual salary in equal installments with payments being made once every two (2) weeks.
As added by P.L.98-2004, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.222.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)