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TN Code § 8-10-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Constables|Part 2 - Training and Qualifications|§ 8-10-202. Course Time Requirements

  Each constable elected under § 8-10-101 shall complete forty (40) hours of in-service course time for each twelve-month period during which the constable holds office, beginning on the date the constable is sworn into office.   This section does not apply to any constable with twenty (20) years of cumulative service as a constable before May 3, 2018.
TN Code § 8-10-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Constables|Part 2 - Training and Qualifications|§ 8-10-203. Range Qualification

 Constables must be range-qualified prior to being authorized to carry a firearm. Qualification may be sponsored by the Tennessee Constable Association, the Tennessee Constable Council, or by the local law enforcement authority.
TN Code § 8-10-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Constables|Part 2 - Training and Qualifications|§ 8-10-204. Requirements for Taking Office — Power of Arrest

 In all counties where constables are not otherwise prohibited, constables shall be duly elected, trained, and qualified. Constables who meet the provisions of this chapter shall take the oath of office, be sworn and bonded, and retain the power of arrest.
TN Code § 8-10-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Constables|Part 2 - Training and Qualifications|§ 8-10-205. Notification of Election or Appointment

 The county election council shall notify the Tennessee Constable Association or the Tennessee Constable Council within sixty (60) days of election of the constable. Where the constable is appointed by the county legislative body, the county clerk shall notify the Tennessee Constable Association or the Tennessee Constable Council within sixty (60) days of appointment of the constable. The council or county clerk shall provide the name of the county constable, the constable's current address, and telephone number.
TN Code § 8-10-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 10 - Constables|Part 2 - Training and Qualifications|§ 8-10-206. Applicability

  Sections §§ 8-10-201 — 8-10-205 do not apply to any constable who has served for four (4) years prior to July 1, 1993.   This part shall not apply to constables whose law enforcement powers have been removed but who have retained the authority to serve lawfully issued process.
TN Code § 8-14-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-101. Indigent Person — Defined

 For the purposes of this part, an “indigent person” is one who does not possess sufficient means to pay reasonable compensation for the services of a competent attorney:   In any criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency proceeding involving a possible deprivation of liberty; or   In any habeas corpus or other post-conviction proceeding.
TN Code § 8-14-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-103. Office Expenses

 The state shall provide each district public defender with suitable office space within the judicial district, together with necessary equipment and supplies and secretarial assistance. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a county from providing another suitable office for such public defender or the public defender's personnel within the judicial district.
TN Code § 8-14-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-104. District Public Defender — Duties

  The district public defender has the duty and responsibility of representing indigent persons for whom the district public defender has been appointed as counsel by the court. Either personally or through an assistant district public defender, the district public defender shall counsel with the accused and represent such accused in the trial court. If the accused is aggrieved by the judgment of the trial court imposing a sentence of imprisonment, or dismissing a habeas corpus or post-conviction petition, the district public defender shall advise such accused fully concerning rights of appellate review.   If the accused desires to appeal to an appellate court, the district public defender shall seasonably take all steps necessary to perfect the appeal, including a new trial motion when required and the filing of all essential transcripts and records with the clerk of the appellate court.   The district public defender has the duty and responsibility of handling all appeals filed by an indigent person represented in the trial courts of this state.   At such times and in such form and manner as may be directed by the chairs of the judiciary committee of the house of representatives and the judiciary committee of the senate, each executive director of the district public defenders conference shall submit reports reflecting the number, kind, status, and disposition of all cases and proceedings.
TN Code § 8-14-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-106. Waiver of Right to Counsel — Writing — Procedure for Acceptance

  No person in this state shall be allowed to enter a plea in any criminal prosecution or other proceeding involving a possible deprivation of liberty when not represented by counsel, unless such person has in writing waived the right to the assistance of counsel.   Before a court shall accept a written waiver of the right to counsel, the court shall first advise the person in open court concerning the right to the aid of counsel in every stage of the proceedings. The court shall at the same time determine whether or not there has been a competent and intelligent waiver of such right, by inquiring into the background, experience and conduct of the person and such other matters as the court may deem appropriate. If a waiver is accepted, the court shall approve and authenticate it and file it with the papers of the cause, and if the court is one of record, the waiver shall also be entered upon its official minutes.
TN Code § 8-14-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-108. Personnel — State Employees

 The personnel of the public defender system shall be state employees, entitled to all state employee benefit programs.
TN Code § 8-14-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-109. Immunity of State and Personnel of Public Defender's Office

 No court in this state has any power, jurisdiction or authority to entertain any suit against the state or against any public defender or any employees thereof acting in their official capacity with a view to reach the state, its treasury, funds or property, or the funds or property of any public defender or its employees for any act of negligence arising from the execution of the employee's official duties as an employee of the district public defenders conference; provided, that this shall not be construed to bar any suit against the state or an official of the state alleging any ground or seeking any relief which could be sought under a writ of habeas corpus or petition for post-conviction relief.
TN Code § 8-14-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-110. Twentieth and Thirtieth Judicial Districts — State Funding

 For the twentieth and thirtieth judicial districts, the state shall pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government which has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose. Such amount shall not be less than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1992-1993. In addition to the amount appropriated in 1992-1993 the base level of state support on July 1, 2013, shall be adjusted to reflect the percent of change in the average consumer price index (all items-city average) as published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, between that figure for the calendar year 2011 and the calendar year 2012. Each succeeding July 1, a similar adjustment shall be made, based on the percent of change in the average consumer price index between the two (2) calendar years preceding July 1 of the year in which the adjustment is made. No adjustment provided for herein shall exceed five percent (5%) per annum. The base level of state support may be adjusted accordingly each year to meet state budget requirements or to reflect changes to programs, workloads or other operational costs.
TN Code § 8-14-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-111. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases

 The district public defender 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 assign the additional personnel the duties of personnel reassigned to the post-conviction cases. In no event shall the employment, contract, or expenditures under this authority extend beyond a two-year period.
TN Code § 8-14-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-112. Additional Assistant District Public Defender Positions

  Effective July 1, 2004, there are created eighteen (18) additional assistant district public defender positions to be designated in judicial districts as provided in this section.    The executive director of the district public defenders conference and the administrative director of the courts shall meet and prepare a report that contains the recommendations of such officials as to the specific judicial districts in which the additional assistant district public defender positions created pursuant to subsection (a) should be designated. Such report shall be prepared in consultation with the comptroller.   By October 1, 2004, the executive director of the district public defenders conference shall file the report prepared pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) with the speakers of the senate and house of representatives and chairs of the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives. Upon the filing of such report, the district public defenders recommended by the report to receive additional assistant positions shall be authorized to interview and employ persons to fill such positions.     As early as is practicable during the first session of the one hundred fourth general assembly, the general assembly shall consider and enact legislation that specifically designates the judicial districts in which the persons employed in the additional assistant district public defender positions created pursuant to subsection (a) will serve.
TN Code § 8-14-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators|§ 8-14-113. Direct Public Defender Appellate Division

  The district public defenders conference shall establish, and the executive director shall operate, the district public defender appellate division for the purpose of representing indigent persons in direct appeals, pursuant to § 8-14-104, to the Tennessee court of criminal appeals and the Tennessee supreme court.   The executive director, or the executive director's designee, shall be the director of the appellate division.   An assistant public defender of the appellate division must be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. A person so employed serves at the direction of the executive director and performs such duties as the executive director may require.    The appellate division shall represent indigent persons upon appeal from the circuit or criminal courts in this state, pursuant to § 8-14-104.   The appellate division may, however, refuse the appointments where necessary:  Due to a conflict of interest;   If the executive director determines the existing caseload cannot be increased without jeopardizing the appellate division's ability to provide effective representation; or   Where the district public defender deems it necessary for the best interests of the defendant.        In order to effectively and efficiently use the resources of the appellate division, the executive director may:  Select and employ staff attorneys to perform the duties prescribed by this section; and   Fill a full-time employee position with two (2) part-time employees.     In order to implement assignments, available funds may be reallocated or transferred, subject to overall budgetary limits.     A person employed as a full-time assistant public defender in the appellate division pursuant to this section is not permitted to engage in the practice of law except as the duties of such position requires. Notwithstanding any other restrictions, attorneys with pending private legal matters at the time of employment with the district public defender appeals division shall have a reasonable length of time to conclude or transfer such cases in keeping with the standards of professional and ethical conduct.   Effective July 1, 2019, there are authorized six (6) appellate attorney positions within the appellate division.   Appellate division attorneys are to be compensated as assistant public defenders pursuant to § 8-14-107.
TN Code § 8-14-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-201. Creation

  There is hereby created a district public defenders conference for the state, whose membership shall consist of all district public defenders of the state whose salary is paid in whole or in part out of the state treasury. The attorney general and reporter shall be an ex officio member of the conference and act as its legal advisor.   The public defender of Shelby County and the public defender of Davidson County shall also be members of the conference.
TN Code § 8-14-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-202. Meetings — Purpose

 Such 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 administration of justice in the courts of this state.
TN Code § 8-14-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-203. Duties

 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 the more effective administration of justice and thus promote peace and good order in the state. To this end, a committee of its members shall be appointed to draft suitable legislation and submit its recommendations to the general assembly.
TN Code § 8-14-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-204. Officers — Meetings

 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, such annual meeting to be at the same time as that held by the judicial conference of this state. The district public defenders conference shall elect annually a president, a vice president, secretary and such other officers as are necessary.
TN Code § 8-14-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-205. Duty to Attend Meetings

 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.
TN Code § 8-14-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 2 - District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-206. Expense of Attending Meetings — Reimbursement

 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 public defender incurring the same and shall be paid from the general fund.
TN Code § 8-14-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-301. Office of Executive Director — Creation — Purpose

 There is created the office of executive director of the district public defenders conference. The purpose of this office shall be to assist in improving the administration of justice in Tennessee by coordinating the defense efforts of the various district public defenders and by performing the duties and exercising the powers herein conferred.
TN Code § 8-14-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-302. Office of Executive Director — Election — Term — Removal — Salary

  The executive director of the district public defenders conference shall be elected by a simple majority of the membership of the district public defenders conference for a term of four (4) years. The election of the executive director shall be held at the annual meeting of the conference which immediately precedes July 1 of years in which presidential elections are held.   The term of office of the executive director shall begin on July 1 following the election, and shall extend through June 30 of the next year in which a presidential election is held. The executive director shall, however, be subject to removal from office by vote of a majority of the conference membership at any meeting of the conference held during the term of office of the executive director. Upon removal from office of the executive director, or upon a vacancy in the office otherwise occurring during a meeting of the conference, the conference shall elect by vote of a majority of its membership a person to fill the unexpired term of office. Should a vacancy in the office of executive director occur at any other time, the executive committee of the conference shall appoint a person to the office of executive director to serve until the next meeting of the conference, at which time the conference shall, by vote of a majority of its members, elect a person to fill the unexpired term of office of the executive director.   The executive director shall receive a salary equal to that fixed by law for a district public defender.
TN Code § 8-14-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-303. Office of Executive Director — Duties

  The executive director of the district public defenders conference shall:  Work under the supervision and direction of the executive committee of the district public defenders conference;   Assist the district public defenders throughout the state in coordinating the efforts of such district public defenders to perform their duties. Such assistance shall include, but is not limited to:  Obtaining, preparing and supplementing indexes to the unreported decisions of the criminal court of appeals and the supreme court of Tennessee relating to criminal matters;   Preparation of a basic defenders' manual and educational materials; and   Preparation and distribution of uniform appropriate forms;     Initiate conference calls between district public defenders and coordinate efforts of district public defenders involved in defending cases and crimes crossing district lines;   Serve in a liaison capacity among the various branches of state government and the divisions thereof, including, but not limited to, the courts, the general assembly, the executive department and the office of attorney general and reporter;   Administer the accounts of the judicial branch of government which relate to the offices of the district public defenders and prepare, approve and submit budget estimates and appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the offices of district public defenders and make recommendations with respect thereto;   Draw and approve all requisitions for the payment of public moneys appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the judicial branch of government which relate to the offices of the district public defenders, and shall audit claims and prepare vouchers for presentation to the department of finance and administration, including payroll warrants, expense warrants, and warrants covering the necessary costs of supplies, materials and other obligations by the various offices with respect to which fiscal responsibility is exercised;   Have authority, within budgetary limitations, to provide the district public defenders with minimum law libraries, the nature and extent of which shall be determined in every instance by the executive director on the basis of need. All books thus furnished shall remain the property of the state, and shall be returned to the custody of the executive director by each district public defender upon the retirement or expiration of the official duties of each such officer; and   Manage the operations and administer the accounts that relate to the appellate division.     All functions performed by the executive director which involve expenditures of state funds shall be subject to the same auditing procedures by the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury as required in connection with the expenditure of all other state funds.
TN Code § 8-14-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 14 - Public Defenders|Part 3 - Executive Director of the District Public Defenders Conference|§ 8-14-304. Duties of Executive Director

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