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TN Code § 8-7-226 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-226. Salaries of Assistant District Attorneys General

  All assistant district attorneys general hired after July 1, 1994, or reclassified pursuant to § 8-7-201(e)(3), shall be compensated according to the following pay schedule:  Entry level  $    49,080   after one (1) year 52,164   after two (2) years 55,248   after three (3) years 58,344   after four (4) years 61,452   after five (5) years 64,512   after six (6) years 67,596   after seven (7) years 70,704   after eight (8) years 73,812   after nine (9) years 76,872   after ten (10) years 79,968   after eleven (11) years 83,052   after twelve (12) years 86,100   after thirteen (13) years 89,184   after fourteen (14) years 92,256   after fifteen (15) years 95,328   after sixteen (16) years 98,424   after seventeen (17) years 101,220   after eighteen (18) years 103,932   after nineteen (19) years 106,548   after twenty (20) years 109,020   after twenty-one (21) years 112,620   after twenty-two (22) years 116,316   after twenty-three (23) years 120,144   after twenty-four (24) years 124,392   after twenty-five (25) years 128,616    Implementation of salary increases pursuant to the pay schedule prescribed in subsection (a) shall be suspended for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010. In the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2010, and in subsequent fiscal years, salary increases pursuant to the pay schedule prescribed in subsection (a) shall not include time of service between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004, nor between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010.   The salary increase provided by subsection (a), and suspended by subsection (b) for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, is reinstated effective July 1, 2017. For purposes of determining the appropriate salary classification for assistant district attorneys, credible service for the time period of July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, is included.   The salary increase provided by subsection (a), and suspended by subsection (b) for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, is reinstated effective July 1, 2019. For purposes of determining the appropriate salary classification for assistant district attorneys, credible service for the time period of July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, is included.
TN Code § 8-7-227 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-227. Prior Service Credits for Assistant District Attorneys General

 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 credits as follows:   Any assistant district attorney general who has prior experience as an assistant district attorney, a district attorney general, a criminal investigator for the district attorneys general, a United States attorney, an assistant United States attorney, an assistant attorney general representing the state in criminal litigation, an elected judge of a court with criminal jurisdiction, an attorney that served as a law clerk for an appellate or trial judge of a court with criminal jurisdiction, a district public defender, an assistant district public defender, or one who as a commissioned officer worked as a military attorney in the field of criminal prosecution while on full-time active duty in the judge advocate general's corps of any of the armed services of the United States, shall be eligible to receive year-for-year credit upon the recommendation of the hiring district attorney general, and subject to the approval of the executive committee of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference.   The executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference may certify prior service credits for prior practice of law but not exceeding the assistant's experience as a licensed practicing attorney and, in no case, shall year-for-year credit exceed twelve (12) years.
TN Code § 8-7-228 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-228. Annual Salary Increases for Assistant District Attorneys General

 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 presumed that such percentage amount shall be the same as that received by other state employees.
TN Code § 8-7-229 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-229. Assistant District Attorneys General Employed on July 1, 1994

 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 compensated by the state of Tennessee or by local government.
TN Code § 8-7-230 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-230. Salaries of Criminal Investigators

  All criminal investigators hired after July 1, 1994, shall be compensated according to the following pay schedule:  Entry level $ 33,852   after two (2) years  36,924   after four (4) years  39,972   after six (6) years  43,032   after eight (8) years  46,164   after ten (10) years  49,188   after twelve (12) years  52,320   after fourteen (14) years  55,332   after sixteen (16) years  58,428   after eighteen (18) years  61,512   after twenty (20) years  64,584    Implementation of salary increases pursuant to the pay schedule prescribed in subsection (a) shall be suspended for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010. In the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2010, and in subsequent fiscal years, salary increases pursuant to the pay schedule prescribed in subsection (a) shall not include time of service between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004, nor between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010.
TN Code § 8-7-231 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-231. Prior Service Credits for Criminal Investigators

  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 general shall be entitled to prior service credits as follows:  Any criminal investigator for the district attorney general who has prior experience as a criminal investigator for the district attorneys general or for the district public defenders shall be eligible to receive year-for-year credit upon the recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive committee of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference;   The executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference may certify prior service credits for prior law enforcement experience and post-secondary education degrees obtained and in no case shall year-for-year credit exceed twelve (12) years.     As used in subsection (a), prior law enforcement experience includes full-time employment with a law enforcement agency during which the employee performed duties typically performed by law enforcement personnel, including exercising arrest powers. An employment record from the law enforcement agency shall be used to establish such law enforcement experience.
TN Code § 8-7-232 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-232. Salary Increases for Criminal Investigators

 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 such percentage amount shall be the same as that received by other state employees.
TN Code § 8-7-233 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-233. Criminal Investigators Employed on July 1, 1994

 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.
TN Code § 8-7-234 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-234. Attorneys Serving as Criminal Investigators

 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 recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and with the approval of the executive committee of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference, be compensated as an assistant district attorney general as provided for in § 8-7-227.
TN Code § 8-7-235 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-235. Attorneys Employed as Criminal Investigators on July 1, 1994

 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.
TN Code § 8-7-236 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 2 - Criminal Investigators and Assistant District Attorneys General—compensation|§ 8-7-236. Computation of Annual Salary Increases Appropriated to State Employees

 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 appropriations act to all general state employees. Adjustments to annual salary increases as provided for in this chapter that are tied to salary increases of state employees are not to be adjusted on the basis of any class compensation efforts, class compression efforts, or any other method of salary adjustments.
TN Code § 8-7-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-301. District Attorneys General Conference Created

 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 be an ex officio member of the conference and act as its legal advisor. The director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation shall also be an ex officio member of the conference.
TN Code § 8-7-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-302. Meetings of Conference — Matters to Be Considered — Purpose

 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 administration of justice in the courts of this state.
TN Code § 8-7-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-303. Consideration of More Effective Suppression of Crime — Committees for Drafting Proposed Legislation

 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 appointed to draft suitable legislation and submit its recommendations to the general assembly.
TN Code § 8-7-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-304. Calling of Meetings — Notice — Election of Officers

 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 attorneys general conference shall elect annually a president, vice president, secretary and such other officers as may become necessary.
TN Code § 8-7-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-305. Duty of Members 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 § 8-7-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-306. Reimbursement for Expenses

 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 general fund.
TN Code § 8-7-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-307. Office of Executive Director of the District Attorneys General Conference Created — Purpose

 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 and by performing the duties and exercising the powers herein conferred.
TN Code § 8-7-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-308. Election of Executive Director — Terms — Removal — Vacancy — Salary

  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 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 election and shall extend through June 30 of the next year in which a presidential election shall be 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 executive director's term of office. 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 attorney general.
TN Code § 8-7-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-309. Functions of Executive Director

  The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall:  Work under the supervision and direction of the executive committee of the district attorneys general conference;   Assist the district attorneys general throughout the state in coordinating the efforts of the district attorneys general against criminal activity in the state. Such assistance includes, but is not limited to:  Obtaining, preparation and supplementing of indexes to the unreported decisions of the court of criminal appeals and the supreme court of Tennessee relating to criminal matters;   Preparation of a basic prosecutors manual and educational materials; and   Preparation and distribution of uniform indictment forms, search warrant forms, interrogation warning forms, and other appropriate forms;     Initiate conference calls between district attorneys general and coordinate efforts of district attorneys general investigating cases and crimes crossing district lines;   Serve in a liaison capacity between 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 attorneys general, and shall prepare, approve and submit budget estimates and appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the offices of district attorneys general and make recommendations with respect to such offices; and   Draw and approve all requisitions for the payment of public moneys appropriated for the maintenance and operation of the state judicial branch of government which relate to the offices of the district attorneys general, 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 the executive director shall exercise fiscal responsibility.     The executive director has authority, within budgetary limitations, to provide the district attorneys general 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 attorney general upon the retirement or expiration of the official duties of each such officer.   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 § 8-7-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-310. Duties of Executive Director

 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.
TN Code § 8-7-311 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-311. Appointment of Budget Officer, Director and Clerical Personnel — Compensation — Practice of Law Prohibited — Employment of Attorney

  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 necessary to enable the executive director to perform the duties of the executive director's office.   Compensation for other assistants and clerical personnel shall be fixed by the executive director with the approval of the executive committee of the district attorneys general conference.    During their terms of office or employment, neither the executive director nor any full-time assistant or employee shall directly or indirectly engage in the practice of law in any of the courts in this state.   If the executive director employs an attorney as a part-time employee, such employee shall not engage in the defense of criminal cases if such employee's duties will, at the time of employment, involve or in the future may involve:  Substantial interaction with district attorneys general, their assistants, or other employees of the executive director; or   The prosecution of criminal cases either as a part-time assistant district attorney general or a district attorney general pro tempore.
TN Code § 8-7-312 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-312. Office Facilities

 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.
TN Code § 8-7-313 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-313. Executive Director — Retirement

 The executive director of the district attorneys general conference shall be a member of the attorneys general retirement system of Tennessee, provided for by Acts 1953, ch. 81, as amended, or the consolidated retirement system of Tennessee, provided for by Chapters 34 37 and 39 of this title and for such purpose shall be an “attorney general” as defined in § 8-34-101.
TN Code § 8-7-315 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General|Part 3 - District Attorneys General Conference|§ 8-7-315. Budget Submitted to General Assembly

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