Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 16, § 485. Second assistant district attorney

B. (1) The second assistant district attorney shall receive as compensation for his services as such officer, in addition to the annual salary paid by the state of Louisiana, a salary of two thousand four hundred dollars per year, payable on his own warrant. The additional salary shall be paid by the parishes comprising the Twenty-Second Judicial District of Louisiana, apportioned as follows:

(2) Provided, in lieu of the payment by the respective parishes as set forth in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection, the said additional salary may be paid from the criminal court funds of the respective parishes where the money is available from said funds, all according to law.