Title 8, Public Officers And Employees

(a) (1) If the district attorney general fails to attend the circuit or criminal court, or is disqualified from acting, or if there is a vacancy in the office, the court shall appoint some other attorney to supply such district attorney general's place temporarily. The acts of su…

A vacancy in the office of district attorney general shall be filled by the voters of the district at the next biennial election more than thirty (30) days after the happening of the vacancy. The election shall be ordered by the governor by issuing proper writs of election to the…

(a) In accordance with § 40-38-102, whenever possible, victims of crime must have separate and secure waiting areas during all critical stages of the judicial process, and to further the availability of such separate and secure waiting areas, the district attorneys general confer…

(a) (1) There is hereby created a sex crime prosecution unit, the duties of which shall include, but not be limited to, child sexual abuse cases, which unit shall include two (2) assistant district attorneys general, and one (1) secretary-file clerk.(2) It is the intent of the ge…

(a) Any law enforcement officer or assistant district attorney general or district attorney general criminal investigator assigned to or hired by a judicial district or multi-judicial district task force relating to the investigation and prosecution of drug and violent crime case…

The district attorney general is authorized to employ, reassign, or contract with individuals utilizing special funds appropriated solely for the purpose of providing prompt and fair adjudication of post-conviction proceedings in capital sentence cases, including authority to ass…

District attorneys general with responsibility for prosecuting offenses in counties with populations of less than five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and with a charter form of government pursuant to title 5, cha…

(a) Each district attorney general shall designate at least one (1) person currently employed within the judicial district as an assistant district attorney general as the lead prosecuting attorney for the judicial district in cases involving crimes committed against children. (b…

(a) If a written request for the following information is made jointly by the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, then a nonprofit organization that has entered into a contract or memorandum of understanding with the district attorney general re…

(1) Each district attorney general shall provide an annual report by March 1 of each year to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, speaker of the senate, chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives, chair of the judiciary committee of …

(a) The district attorney general of any judicial district in which the Memphis safe task force or a federal task force to combat violent crime is in effect shall submit a report, as provided in subsection (b), to the attorney general and reporter, speaker of the senate, speaker …

(a) (1) All criminal investigators hired prior to July 1, 1994, shall be compensated according to the following schedule: Entry level$34,128after five (5) years$35,832after ten (10) years$37,536after fourteen (14) years$37,824after sixteen (16) years$39,924after eighteen (18) yea…

(a) The several assistant district attorneys general and/or criminal investigators in all districts shall be reimbursed from funds appropriated to the office of the district attorney general in the district in which they are employed for the necessary traveling expenses incurred …

Traveling expenses under this part shall be calculated on the basis of a maximum of seven cents (7¢) per mile each way necessarily traveled on official business.

Any person seeking reimbursement for official expenses under this part shall file with the commissioner of finance and administration, or other official with whom the commissioner's duties may be placed by law, a sworn itemized statement for the amounts necessarily expended by su…

This part shall not affect any salaries and compensation paid by any county to the several assistant district attorneys general and/or criminal investigators, nor any laws authorizing such salaries and compensation.

(a) There is created in each judicial district the position of victim-witness coordinator to be appointed by the district attorney general. The duties of the victim-witness coordinator shall include:(1) After the return of an indictment or presentment, advising victims of their r…

Sections 8-7-225 — 8-7-235 shall be known as the “Assistant District Attorneys General and Criminal Investigators Compensation Act of 1994.”

All assistant district attorneys general hired after July 1, 1994, or reclassified under § 8-7-201(e)(3), shall be compensated beginning July 1, 2023, according to the following pay schedule, which must be adjusted on July 1, 2023, and each succeeding July 1, to reflect the avera…

(1) The executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference shall certify the entry level of compensation awarded to assistant district attorneys general based on prior service credits. Assistant district attorneys general shall be entitled to prior service …

On July 1, 1995, and each subsequent July 1, the salary levels for assistant district attorneys general shall be increased by such percentage amount as shall be fixed by the general assembly in the general appropriations act. For the purpose of budget preparation, it shall be pre…

Sections 8-7-225 — 8-7-235 shall have no effect or application to the classification for future employment purposes or compensation or benefits of district attorneys general or assistant district attorneys general serving or employed in such capacity on June 1, 1994, whether comp…

All criminal investigators hired after July 1, 1994, shall be compensated according to the following pay schedule, as adjusted on July 1, 2023, and each succeeding July 1, to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations ac…

(a) The executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference shall certify the entry level of compensation awarded to criminal investigators of the district attorneys general based on prior service credits. Criminal investigators for the district attorneys ge…

On July 1, 1995, and each subsequent July 1, the salary levels for criminal investigators shall be increased by such percentage amount as shall be fixed by the general assembly in the general appropriations act. For the purpose of budget preparation, it shall be presumed that suc…

Sections 8-7-225 — 8-7-235 shall have no effect or application to the compensation or benefits of criminal investigators employed prior to July 1, 1994.

Notwithstanding §§ 8-7-230 and 8-7-231, if a district attorney general having a vacant criminal investigator position appoints a licensed attorney to that position and designates that person to serve as an assistant district attorney general, the appointee may, on the recommendat…

No salary or level of compensation shall be reduced by §§ 8-7-225 – 8-7-235 for any assistant district attorney general who is employed in the position of criminal investigator for the district attorneys general on July 1, 1994.

For purposes of this chapter, in computing annual salary increases that are tied to salary increases appropriated to state employees, it is the intention of the general assembly that the increases are to be based solely on the specific percentage increase granted by the general a…

There is hereby created a district attorneys general conference for the state of Tennessee, whose membership shall consist of all district attorneys general of the state whose salaries are paid in whole or in part out of the state treasury. The attorney general and reporter shall…

(a) The conference shall meet annually and at other times as herein provided for the consideration of any and all matters pertaining to the discharge of the official duties and obligations of the several members, to the end that there shall be a more prompt and efficient administ…

It is the duty of the conference to give consideration to the enactment of such laws and rules of procedure as in its judgment may be necessary to suppress crime more effectively, and thus promote peace and good order in the state. To this end, a committee of its members shall be…

The president of the conference may call meetings at will, upon at least ten (10) days' written notice to members, and shall call at least one (1) meeting annually, the annual meeting to be at the same time as that held by the judicial conference of this state. The district attor…

It is the official duty of each member of the conference to attend its meetings unless otherwise officially engaged, or for other good and sufficient reasons.

Every member whose salary is paid in whole or in part by the state shall be entitled to have expenses paid for such attendance. Such expenses shall be paid upon the verified statement of such expenses by the district attorney general incurring the same and shall be paid from the …

There is created the office of executive director of the district attorneys general conference. The purpose of this office shall be to assist in improving the administration of justice in Tennessee by coordinating the prosecutive efforts of the various district attorneys general …

(a) The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall be elected by a simple majority of the membership of the district attorneys general conference for a term of four (4) years. The election of the executive director shall be held at the annual meeting of…

(a) The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall:(1) Work under the supervision and direction of the executive committee of the district attorneys general conference;(2) Assist the district attorneys general throughout the state in coordinating the ef…

The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall attend to such duties as may be assigned by the district attorneys general conference or the executive committee of such conference.

(a) The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall, subject to the approval of the duly elected officers of the district attorneys general conference, appoint a budget officer and a director and such other assistants and clerical personnel as are necess…

The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall be provided with suitable office space in the supreme court building, or other convenient and suitable office space, and with all office equipment and supplies necessary to perform the duties of the office.

The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall be a member of the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee, provided for by [former] chapter 81 of the Public Acts of 1953, as amended, [repealed], or the consolidated retirement system of Tennesse…

The district attorneys general conference shall compile a statewide report summarizing the information provided by each district attorney general under § 8-7-115 in a uniform fashion that is sortable by offense and jurisdiction. The district attorneys general conference shall mak…

Each year's budget for the operation of the office of executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall be submitted to the criminal justice committee of the house of representatives and the senate judiciary committee prior to approval of the budget by the gen…

The district attorneys general conference may pay the licensing fees for software applications used by the office of the district attorney general within a judicial district, regardless of whether the district attorney general office staff member using the application has a posit…