§251. Election; qualifications District attorneys shall be elected as provided in this section. They shall enter office on the first day of January following their election. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL […]
§252. Vacancies in office A vacancy in the office of district attorney, because of expiration of the term of office, death, permanent incapacity, removal from office under section 257, removal from the prosecutorial district, or otherwise, shall be filled under this section, except as provided in section 253. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, […]
§253. Military or naval service; substitutes Whenever a district attorney during the district attorney’s term of office in time of war, contemplated war or emergency, enlists, enrolls, is called or drafted into the military service of the United States, that district attorney is not deemed to have thereby resigned from or abandoned the office; nor […]
§254. Prosecutorial districts 1. Prosecutorial District Number 1. There shall be one district attorney for York County, which shall be known as “Prosecutorial District Number 1.” The district attorney shall be elected by the voters of York County in the manner set forth in section 251. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); […]
§255. District attorney salaries 1. Annual salary. The District Attorney for each of the prosecutorial districts shall be within salary range 90 with the step within that salary range to be determined by the Attorney General, subject to the approval of the Governor. [PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); […]
§256. Full-time district attorneys All district attorneys and assistant district attorneys designated as full-time assistants are full-time officers of the State. During their terms of office, they may not: [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, […]
§257. Removal from office The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court have jurisdiction to remove any district attorney from office, by majority vote of the justices sitting, upon complaint filed with the court by the Attorney General, and after notice and hearing, as provided in this section. [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 […]
