A. All assistant district attorneys who are paid in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the salary of the district attorney shall not engage in the private practice of law, but may complete pending cases of a civil nature, not in conflict with the interests of any county of the district in which appointed. No assistant district attorney permitted to practice law shall accept employment in a case investigated by the office of the district attorney.
B. Each county in a district shall have at least one assistant district attorney who shall reside in the county or an adjoining county.
C. Each assistant district attorney shall: be at least twenty-one (21) years of age; be a resident of the district, if required by the district attorney; and have a license to practice law in the courts of record of this state at the time of appointment. All assistant district attorneys shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney.
Added by Laws 1982, c. 340, § 14, emerg. eff. June 2, 1982. Amended by Laws 1988, c. 254, § 8, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 1994, c. 295, § 2, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1995, c. 235, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Laws 2001, c. 418, § 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 460, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.