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TN Code § 16-2-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-513. Formula for Determining Need for Additional Judges — Annual Report

  The comptroller of the treasury shall devise and maintain a weighted caseload formula for the purpose of determining the need for creation or reallocation of judicial positions using case weights derived from the most recent weighted caseload study. The comptroller of the treasury shall update the formula at least annually. The comptroller of the treasury may adjust the formula as necessary to reflect the impact of any legislative enactment that is material to judicial caseloads.   Each district attorney general and each public defender, separately or through the appropriate conference, the council of juvenile and family court judges and the administrative office of the courts shall provide to the comptroller of the treasury information that the comptroller of the treasury determines is necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. This information shall include caseload totals by appropriate case type for each study and total number of judicial, child support magistrates, district attorney and public defender resources for each district, noting how many are funded by the federal, state or local government. This data is to be provided to the comptroller in electronic and hard copy form on or before October 15 of each year.   Using such formula, information and adjustments, the comptroller of the treasury shall annually publish a weighted caseload report analyzing the current distribution of judicial positions throughout the state as well as the current need, if any, for creation of or reallocation of such positions.   The processing of case data by the administrative office of the courts for the purpose of providing the comptroller of the treasury with the information necessary to complete the weighted caseload study shall be subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury. The audit shall ensure that the validation, verification and compilation of case data are performed in accordance with § 16-1-117(a).
TN Code § 16-2-514 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-514. Incumbent Clerks and Masters

  Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit, terminate or otherwise affect the term or future terms of office of any circuit court clerk, criminal court clerk or clerk and master. All such incumbents shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and shall be eligible for reelection and reappointment.   Nothing in this part shall be construed to require, permit or authorize the consolidation of the offices of clerk and master, circuit court clerk or criminal court clerk or to place any clerk in a position of dominance over any other clerk.
TN Code § 16-2-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-515. References to Judicial Circuits or Divisions Deemed to Judicial Districts

 All references in Tennessee Code Annotated to “judicial circuits” or “chancery divisions” shall be deemed references to the judicial districts created by this part.
TN Code § 16-2-516 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-516. Pending Cases — Process — Surety Bonds — Applicability of Local Rules

 All process issued after September 1, 1984, shall be returnable at the times and places fixed by local court rules promulgated in accordance with this part. All bonds and undertakings executed after September 1, 1984, shall be governed by local court rules, insofar as to appearance dates and other conditions relating to time and place.
TN Code § 16-2-517 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-517. Jurisdictions Unaffected

 Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, nothing in this part shall be construed to repeal, amend or affect in any manner any jurisdiction granted to any local court by any public or private law.
TN Code § 16-2-518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-518. Increase in Positions or Funding to Office of Public Defender

 Any increase in local funding for positions or office expense for the district attorney general shall be accompanied by an increase in funding of seventy-five percent (75%) of the increase in funding to the office of the public defender in such district for the purpose of indigent criminal defense.
TN Code § 16-2-519 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-519. Creation of Assistant District Attorney Positions

  It is the declared policy of the general assembly to create assistant district attorney general (ADA) positions based upon the number of the ADA positions to population ratios being the primary consideration with secondary consideration being caseload when uniformly reported caseload statistics become available. The Tennessee district attorneys general conference is directed to make recommendations on this basis with the immediate objective being to achieve the following ratio:  Urban and rural districts—One (1) ADA per twenty thousand (20,000) population, according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census.    As used in this section, “urban districts” means the second, sixth, eleventh, twentieth and thirtieth judicial districts and “rural districts” means all other judicial districts.   For the sole purpose of computing the one (1) assistant district attorney per twenty thousand (20,000) population, the district attorney general in any one (1) county judicial district having a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000) shall be counted as one-half (½) of an assistant district attorney.   Until the various judicial districts have attained approximate equality in ADA to population ratios, other factors are assigned a lower priority than ADA to population ratios. When the ratio set out in this section has been achieved, other factors, including uniform caseload statistics, local funding and geographic conditions that create logistical problems in covering the judicial district, shall be considered in support of additional position requests.
TN Code § 16-2-520 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-520. Additional Assistant District Attorney General Positions

  Effective July 1, 2004, there are created thirty (30) additional assistant district attorney general positions to be designated in judicial districts as provided in this section.    The executive director of the district attorneys general 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 attorney general positions created pursuant to subsection (a) should be designated. The report shall be prepared in consultation with the comptroller of the treasury.   By October 1, 2004, the executive director of the district attorneys general 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 the report, the district attorneys general 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 104th General Assembly, the general assembly shall consider and enact legislation that specifically designates the judicial district in which the persons employed in the additional assistant district attorney general positions created pursuant to subsection (a) will serve.   The number of assistant district attorney general positions created by this section or to which the district attorney general of each judicial district is entitled pursuant to § 16-2-506 or any other provision of law shall be the minimum number of positions authorized in each district. Nothing in this section or any other provision of law shall be construed to prohibit or prevent the employment of additional assistant district attorneys general in a particular judicial district, regardless of whether the positions are funded by a state or non-state source, or whether they are specifically enumerated in this section, § 16-2-506 or any other provision of law.
TN Code § 16-2-521 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 2 - Judicial Divisions and Districts|Part 5 - Trial Courts|§ 16-2-521. Number of Criminal Investigator Positions to Which District Attorney General Entitled Pursuant to § 16-2-506

 The number of criminal investigator positions to which the district attorney general of each judicial district is entitled pursuant to § 16-2-506 or any other law shall be the minimum number of positions authorized in each judicial district. No law shall be construed to prohibit the employment of additional criminal investigators in a judicial district as established by § 16-2-506, regardless of whether the positions are funded by a state or non-state source, or whether they are specifically enumerated in any other law.
TN Code § 16-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 1 - Membership|§ 16-3-101. Composition — Election of Judges — Qualifications — Concurrence Necessary for Decisions

  The supreme court shall consist of five (5) judges, one (1) of whom shall reside in each grand division, and no more than two (2) in the same grand division.   A judge must have been a resident of the grand division from which the judge is appointed for at least one (1) year immediately preceding appointment. For purposes of this subsection (b), “resident” has the same meaning as defined in § 2-1-104.   Each judge shall be at least thirty-five (35) years of age at the time of appointment, shall have been a resident of the state for at least five (5) consecutive years immediately preceding appointment, and shall be licensed to practice law in this state. For purposes of this subsection (c), “resident” has the same meaning as defined in § 2-1-104.   A judge's term of office shall be eight (8) years.   The concurrence of three (3) of the judges is necessary to a decision in every case.    Code 1858, § 4495 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 1); Acts 1870, ch. 24, §§ 1, 6, 9, 10 (as mod. by Const., art. 6, §§ 2, 3); Shan., §§ 375, 6328; Code 1932, §§ 632, 10630; modified; Acts 1974, ch. 708, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 2-308, 2-3-202; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-301; Acts 2016, ch. 528, §§ 2, 3.
TN Code § 16-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 1 - Membership|§ 16-3-102. Chief Justice

 After their election and qualification, the judges shall designate one (1) of their number who shall preside as chief justice.
TN Code § 16-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 1 - Membership|§ 16-3-103. Expenses

 The expenses of the supreme court shall be paid out of the state treasury, upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration.   Code 1858, § 106 (deriv. Acts. 1857-1858, ch. 79, § 4); Shan., § 135; mod. Code 1932, § 153; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 24; impl. am. Acts 1939, ch. 11, § 12; C. Supp. 1950, § 153; modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-303.
TN Code § 16-3-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-201. Jurisdiction

  The jurisdiction of the court is appellate only, under restrictions and regulations that from time to time are prescribed by law; but it may possess other jurisdiction that is now conferred by law upon the present supreme court.   The court has no original jurisdiction, but appeals and writs of error, or other proceedings for the correction of errors, lie from the inferior courts and court of appeals, within each division, to the supreme court as provided by this code.   The court also has jurisdiction over all interlocutory appeals arising out of matters over which the court has exclusive jurisdiction.    The supreme court may, upon the motion of any party, assume jurisdiction over an undecided case in which a notice of appeal or an application for interlocutory or extraordinary appeal is filed before any intermediate state appellate court.   Subdivision (d)(1) applies only to cases of unusual public importance in which there is a special need for expedited decision and that involve:  State taxes;   The right to hold or retain public office; or   Issues of constitutional law.     The supreme court may, upon its own motion, when there is a compelling public interest, assume jurisdiction over an undecided case in which a notice of appeal or an application for interlocutory or extraordinary appeal is filed with an intermediate state appellate court.   The supreme court may by order take actions necessary or appropriate to the exercise of the authority vested by this section.     Appeals of actions under title 2, chapter 17 relative to election contests shall be to the court of appeals in accordance with the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure.    Code 1858, § 4496 (deriv. Acts 1822, ch. 13, § 4); Acts 1870, ch. 24, § 8; Shan., §§ 377, 6329; mod. Code 1932, §§ 634, 10631; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-304; Acts 1989, ch. 40, § 2; 1992, ch. 952, §§ 11, 12; 1994, ch. 573, § 1; 2001, ch. 256, § 1; 2016, ch. 755, § 1.
TN Code § 16-3-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-202. Process, Receivers, and References

 The court may appoint receivers, order references and issue all writs and process necessary for the exercise and enforcement of its jurisdiction.   Code 1858, § 4503; Shan., § 6336; mod. Code 1932, § 10637; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-305.
TN Code § 16-3-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-203. Powers Over Criminal Defendants

 The court may recommit offenders in state cases, when it may appear necessary, and remand them to the inferior court from which their cases were brought to the supreme court, taking recognizances from the defendants, when the offense charged is bailable, with the security that the court judges proper.   Code 1858, § 4498 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 17, § 3); Shan., § 6331; Code 1932, § 10632; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-306.
TN Code § 16-3-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-204. Bonds and Recognizances

  The court may give judgment upon any and all bonds or recognizances, whether in civil or criminal cases, executed in the progress of the cause, under the general provisions of law, or by lawful order of the court, either in the inferior or supreme court, and enforce the same by execution or otherwise, as in the case of other judgments and decrees of the court.   Process of scire facias may, in all such cases, be issued as is proper in similar cases in the inferior courts, and, upon appearance of the defendant, and issue of fact made thereon, the court may order a jury to be summoned forthwith to determine the issue, and may give judgment thereon as the inferior courts of law might do in similar cases.    Code 1858, §§ 4499, 4500 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 199, § 3); Shan., §§ 6332, 6333; Code 1932, §§ 10633, 10634; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-307.
TN Code § 16-3-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-205. Supersedeas by Judges

 The judges of the supreme court, or any one of them, on a proper case being made out, shall have the authority to grant the process of supersedeas to an execution, returnable to their own court, in the same manner the supreme court, while it is in session, can grant such process, also grant supersedeas to the execution of an interlocutory decree of an inferior court, in the cases provided for in § 27-1-103 [repealed].   Code 1858, §§ 4512, 4513 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 15; 1851-1852, ch. 181, § 4); Shan., §§ 6347, 6348; Code 1932, §§ 10649, 10650; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-308.
TN Code § 16-3-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-206. Vacating Judgment

 In all cases in which the supreme court may give judgment or decree through inadvertence and oversight, when upon the face of the record no cause of action existed against the party, the court may, upon its own motion, vacate the judgment or decree.   Code 1858, § 4501 (deriv. Acts 1845-1846, ch. 135); Shan., § 6334; mod. Code 1932, § 10635; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-309.
TN Code § 16-3-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-207. Correction of Apparent Mistakes

 The court may, at any time after final judgment, correct mistakes apparent on the face of the record, as provided in § 20-11-106 [repealed].   Code 1858, § 4502 (deriv. Acts 1855-1856, ch. 70, § 2); Shan., § 6335; Code 1932, § 10636; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-310.
TN Code § 16-3-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-208. Appeals Taken Before Term

 All appeals, and appeals in the nature of a writ of error, taken from the final judgment or decree of an inferior court, at any time before the sitting of the supreme court, shall stand for hearing at the first term, without notice to the opposite party.   Code 1858, § 4514 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 19); Shan., § 6349; Code 1932, § 10651; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-312.
TN Code § 16-3-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-209. Appeal During Term

 An appeal, appeal in the nature of a writ of error, or writ of error may be prosecuted from any final judgment or decree, rendered in an inferior court during the term of the supreme court, the record being filed in the court, and the opposite party, or the opposite party's counsel, notified five (5) days before the hearing.   Code 1858, § 4515 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 19); Shan., § 6350; Code 1932, § 10652; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-313.
TN Code § 16-3-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-210. Scheduling of Districts

 The court may class the judicial districts to set the causes from each district for trial on certain weeks of the term, and make publication of the classes before the beginning of the term.   Code 1858, § 4505; Shan., § 6338; mod. Code 1932, § 10640; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-314.
TN Code § 16-3-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-211. Order of Counties in Districts

 The supreme court, except as otherwise provided, shall take up and try the cases from the different counties in a judicial district in the order in which the counties are named in the section of chapter 2 of this title that prescribes the times of holding court in the judicial district; and when the business of a county is taken up, it shall be argued before passing to the business of another county, unless postponed for satisfactory reasons to the court.
TN Code § 16-3-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 2 - Powers and Duties|§ 16-3-212. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases

 The supreme court 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 § 16-3-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-301. Duration of Terms

 It is the duty of the judges of the supreme court to hold its terms at the different places as designated by law, until all the causes are determined or otherwise disposed of, or until it becomes necessary to adjourn to hold court at another point.   Code 1858, § 4510 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 6); Shan., § 6344; Code 1932, § 10646; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-316.
TN Code § 16-3-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-302. Adjourned Terms

 The court may sit upon its own adjournment, and hold its term at any time, for the purpose of hearing and deciding unfinished business.   Code 1858, § 4511 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 3, § 6); Shan., § 6345; Code 1932, § 10647; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-317.
TN Code § 16-3-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-303. Adjournment From Day to Day

  Any judge in attendance at any time may adjourn court, in the absence of the other judges, from day to day, until they are able to attend.   The clerk or sheriff may also adjourn the court from day to day, for one (1) week at the first of the term, if no judge attends.    Code 1858, §§ 4506, 4507 (deriv. Acts 1817, ch. 199, § 4); Shan., §§ 6340, 6341; Code 1932, §§ 10642, 10643; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-318.
TN Code § 16-3-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-304. Adjournment to Court in Course

  The clerk, at the expiration of the week  specified in § 16-3-303, or the single judge in attendance in the case mentioned in § 16-3-303(a), if satisfied that a quorum cannot be had, may adjourn to the court in course.   Adjournment works no discontinuance in any case, but the business stands over until the next term, and may then be disposed of, and all process, recognizances, or other obligations enforced as if no continuance had been made.    Code 1858, §§ 4508, 4509; Shan., §§ 6342, 6343; Code 1932, §§ 10644, 10645; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-319.
TN Code § 16-3-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-305. Orders Opening and Closing Terms

 The court has the power, by an order signed by three (3) of its members and forwarded to the clerk at any of the places where its sessions are required to be held, to open any term of the court at such place, without the attendance of the judges of the court, and likewise an order of adjournment or any other order, judgment or decree, signed by three (3) of the judges, may be entered in the absence of the members of the court. The signed orders shall be entered by the clerk on the minutes of the court, and shall have the effect of signed minute orders from the time received and filed by the clerk. The signed orders shall be filed and preserved by the clerk receiving them, until compared with the minutes by the court, and the minutes shall be examined and signed by the court at least once every thirty (30) days.
TN Code § 16-3-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-306. Continuation of Terms — Concurrent Terms

 Every term of the court when opened shall remain open until an order of adjournment is entered, and it shall be lawful for the terms of court in all the grand divisions to be open and running concurrently.
TN Code § 16-3-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 3 - Terms|§ 16-3-307. Rules for Terms and Transfers

 The court is empowered to make all necessary rules to carry out the purposes of §§ 16-2-104, 16-3-305, and 16-3-306, and to expedite the hearing of cases.