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 The House Committee on Judiciary offers the following substitute to HB 1028:
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
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 or employees; to provide for an automatic lifting of such suspe nsion relative to judges; to18
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 preserve the authority of the General Assembly to amend or repe al such suspended local19
 laws; to preserve the authority of local governments to use oth er mechanisms to change20
 salary calculation during such suspension; to provide for legislative findings and intent; to21
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 paragraph shall be exercised by such district attorney's filing a written notification thereof42
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 with the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia and the governing authority of each43
 county comprising such district attorney's judicial circuit.  A district attorney in office on44
 July 1, 2026, shall not be required or obligated to exercise th e option provided by this45
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 The failure to exercise the option shall be an election to continue to receive compensation48
 as previously calculated by law in effect on June 30, 2026, and  as outlined in49
 paragraph (2) of this subsection, and until such option is exercised; provided, however,50
-that such option must be exercised no later than January 1, 2028.  The option exercised51
+that such option must be exercised no later than January 1, 2034.  The option exercised51
 pursuant to this paragraph shall go into effect the next pay period beginning five business52
 days following the exercise of such option.53
 (2)  To ensure that no district attorney in office on July 1, 2 026, has his or her salary,54
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 and remit the same to the county treasury by the fifteenth day of each month.69
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 (d)  No district attorney receiving an annual salary under this Code section shall engage in70
 the private practice of law."71
 SECTION 3.72
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 $206,805.00, then the maximum allowable amount of annual locali ty pay provided to a94
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 district attorney by the county or counties comprising a judici al circuit shall instead be95
 equal to the difference between $20,608.05 and half the amount by which such state annual96
 salary exceeds $206,805.00.  The intent of this subsection is t o provide for a gradual97
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 then each county shall pay such additional supplement in propor tion to each county's121
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 contribution to the local supplement in effect at the time of s uch district attorney's122
 exercise of the option to participate.  In no event shall the additional supplement required123
 by this paragraph result in a district attorney's aggregate salary that exceeds the aggregate124
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 salary provided for in paragraph (1) of this subsection."146
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 SECTION 6.147
 Chapter 3 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to laws and statutes,148
 is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:149
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 modified pursuant to subsection (c) of this Code section.172
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 (3)  The provisions of this subsection shall not repeal or amen d any local law or local173
 ordinance or resolution, but the provisions of local laws or local ordinances or resolutions174
 related to calculating compensation based on a district attorney's salary, supplement, or175
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 at any time repealing or amending, in whole or in part, any loc al law that is suspended199
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 pursuant to subsection (a) of this Code section, and any such repeal or amendment shall200
 become effective in the time and manner stated in the law implementing such repeal or201
 amendment, without regard to the suspension provided for in this Code section.202
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 as such salary, supplement, or other compensation was at the beginning of such period;224
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 (2)  Such state, county, or local officer, official, or employe e shall continue to receive225
 such salary, supplement, or other compensation during the period of such suspension at226
 the same rate or amount as at the beginning of such period; and227