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Limestone County commissioner urges $50,000 county allocation to district attorney's office
Summary
At a Limestone County Commission work session a commissioner asked the commission to consider a $50,000 general-fund allocation to the district attorney's office, citing statewide underfunding and comparative county funding levels; commissioners did not take a vote and agreed to put the item on a future agenda.
A Limestone County commissioner asked the Limestone County Commission during a work session to consider a $50,000 allocation from the county general fund to the district attorney's office, saying the office is underfunded and that the county is an outlier among peers.
The commissioner said the District Attorneys Association had requested more funding from the state but received only about $1,960,000 statewide — which he characterized as far short of what was requested — and that the county's D.A. still begins the year roughly $40,000…
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