Bill > H1447

This bill aims to increase the compensation for career prosecutors by establishing minimum annual salaries for assistant district attorneys based on their years of experience, with higher salaries for those with more experience, ranging from $40,000 for new hires to $65,000 for those with ten years of experience, and also sets minimum salaries for victim-witness advocates and child interview specialists, with higher pay for those with three years of experience, and clarifies that certain employment laws, specifically sections nine A and forty-five of chapter thirty, chapter thirty-one, and chapter one hundred and fifty E, will not apply to these assistant district attorneys, who are required to dedicate their full time to their duties and are prohibited from practicing law privately.