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TN Code § 8-5-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - State Treasurer|Part 2 - Disability of State Treasurer—additional State Treasurer|§ 8-5-202. Additional State Treasurer During Emergency — Appointment

  There is created the additional office of state treasurer to serve during any emergency when the regular state treasurer is incapacitated or disabled because of illness, or other cause, and therefore cannot perform the duties of the office.    If the general assembly is not in session when such disability or incapacity on the part of the regular state treasurer occurs, the governor shall appoint a person as state treasurer, charged with the duty of performing the regular duties of the office. Such person shall serve during the emergency or until the time the general assembly shall convene and elect a person to fill the office for the continuance of the emergency.   If the general assembly is in session when the regular state treasurer becomes incapacitated or disabled and therefore cannot perform the duties of the office, then the general assembly shall elect the additional state treasurer to serve during the existence of the emergency.
TN Code § 8-5-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 5 - State Treasurer|Part 2 - Disability of State Treasurer—additional State Treasurer|§ 8-5-203. Powers and Duties of Additional State Treasurer — Determination of Emergency

  The person so appointed or elected shall possess all of the qualifications now required by statute for the regular state treasurer, and compensation for such person shall be fixed by the governor, but in no event shall the compensation so paid exceed that prescribed by law for the duly elected state treasurer.   The person so appointed or elected as additional state treasurer shall execute such bond or bonds as shall be required by the governor and as are now required by statute and shall take and subscribe to the oath required by statute.    The decision of the governor as to the existence of an emergency caused by the incapacity or disability of the regular state treasurer shall be final and the governor shall determine when the emergency is ended.   The action of the governor, in determining the existence of an emergency, shall be subject to review by writ of certiorari.
TN Code § 8-6-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-101. Appointment and Qualification — Term of Office

 The attorney general and reporter for the state is appointed by the judges of the supreme court. The term of office is eight (8) years. A certificate of appointment, signed by all the judges, shall be entered upon the minutes of the court at the first session thereafter at Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson, respectively. The attorney general and reporter shall qualify and perform the duties of the office as required by law, and subject to the penalties imposed by law.
TN Code § 8-6-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-102. Legal Department — Offices

 There is created a legal department of the state, of which the attorney general and reporter shall be the executive head, and who, with assistants, shall constitute such department. The department shall maintain offices at Nashville, which shall be furnished and provided by the state under the supervision of the department of finance and administration.
TN Code § 8-6-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-103. Assistants and Other Personnel

 The attorney general and reporter, consistent with budgetary limitations, is authorized to appoint such assistants and other personnel as the attorney general and reporter may deem necessary to perform the duties of the office. All assistants and other personnel shall hold office during the pleasure of the attorney general and reporter and shall have such titles and perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the attorney general and reporter. All assistants shall take an oath to discharge the duties imposed. The attorney general and reporter shall submit a report of any increase and decrease in the number of assistants to the general assembly on July 1 of each year for the prior fiscal year ending June 30.
TN Code § 8-6-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-104. Salaries

 The attorney general and reporter shall receive the same salary as an associate justice of the supreme court. The compensation of the attorney general and reporter's several assistants shall be such as may be fixed by the attorney general and reporter within the limits of the appropriation to that department. All such salaries shall be payable in equal monthly installments out of the state treasury upon the warrants of the commissioner of finance and administration.
TN Code § 8-6-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-105. Expenses

 The attorney general and reporter and all of the assistants shall be paid their necessary expenses incurred on business for the state, in like manner as their compensation, when there have been filed with the commissioner of finance and administration an itemized statement certified by the officer incurring the expenses. This statement, in case of assistants, shall be approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 8-6-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-106. Employment of Additional Counsel

  In all cases where the interest of the state requires, in the judgment of the governor and attorney general and reporter, additional counsel to the attorney general and reporter or district attorney general, the governor shall employ such counsel, who shall be paid such compensation for services as the governor, secretary of state, and attorney general and reporter may deem just, the same to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon the certificate of such officers certifying the amount to the commissioner of finance and administration.   Notwithstanding this section or any other law to the contrary, the attorney general and reporter or district attorney general shall inform the governor of, and consideration shall be given to, whether the person or firm to be employed as additional counsel:  To defend the state in any action is then serving as counsel for a party in any action by that party against the state and whether the action, if adjudicated in that party's favor, is likely to result in an increase in state expenditures; or   To prosecute any action on behalf of the state is then serving as counsel in defense of any action against the state.
TN Code § 8-6-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-107. Restrictions — Misdemeanors in Office

 The attorney general and reporter and assistants shall be under the disabilities, restrictions, and disqualifications of district attorneys general and shall be subject to be proceeded against for misdemeanors in office in the same manner that the judges of the courts are proceeded against. Nothing in this section or in any other law prohibits the voluntary provision of pro bono legal services through an organized program of pro bono legal services that receives funding pursuant to § 16-3-808 and that provides professional liability insurance for losses sustained by clients of lawyers participating in the program.   Code 1858, § 3950 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 51, § 2); Shan., § 5754; mod. Code 1932, § 9954; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-607; Acts 2009, ch. 7, § 1.
TN Code § 8-6-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-108. Criminal Defense in Lower Courts

 It is a Class C misdemeanor for the attorney general and reporter or any assistant to take or receive a fee for defending any supposed offender in the inferior courts.   Code 1858, § 3951 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 51, § 2); Shan., § 5755; mod. Code 1932, § 9955; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-608; Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 113.
TN Code § 8-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-110. Appearance in Federal Courts

 The attorney general and reporter shall attend in person, or by assistant, and prosecute or defend, as the case may be, any and all suits, civil or criminal, in the supreme court of the United States, in the United States court of appeals for the judicial circuit of the United States comprising the state of Tennessee, or in any of the district courts of the United States held in the state of Tennessee, in which suit or suits the state may be a party, or in which the state has or may have interests of a pecuniary nature.
TN Code § 8-6-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-111. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases

 The attorney general and reporter 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 § 8-6-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 8-6-112. Criminal Prosecution of Judge, Chancellor, or Judicial Elected Official

  The attorney general and reporter has the authority to conduct an investigation and has the authority to initiate the criminal prosecution of any judge, chancellor or judicial elected official and/or district attorney general whenever:  The attorney general and reporter receives information sufficient to constitute probable cause to investigate whether any official may have violated any state criminal law; and   A decision to prosecute the official by the district attorney general of the district in which the offense occurred or in which a portion of the offense occurred may result in a personal, financial or political conflict of interest.     If the attorney general and reporter initiates a criminal prosecution pursuant to the authority of this section, such attorney general and reporter, or a deputy or assistant attorney general, shall have the authority to exercise all of the powers and perform all of the duties before any court or grand jury with respect to such prosecution that the appropriate district attorney general would otherwise be authorized or required by law to exercise or perform.   If the attorney general and reporter initiates a criminal prosecution pursuant to this section, the appropriate district attorney general shall fully cooperate with the attorney general and reporter and participate in the prosecution, unless the subject of such prosecution, to the extent requested or approved by the attorney general and reporter.   If the attorney general and reporter concludes that an investigation or prosecution should be initiated pursuant to this section, the attorney general and reporter may, after giving notice to the executive director of the district attorneys general conference, request appointment as district attorney general pro tem by an appropriate court pursuant to § 8-7-106(a). The application shall be considered by the court in camera. The executive director may appear before the court to be heard on the request for appointment. The notice to the executive director, the application for appointment, and the proceedings on the application shall be confidential.   The attorney general and reporter is hereby authorized to request the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation to furnish such assistance as may be required by the attorney general and reporter in the performance of the attorney general and reporter's duties under this section. The Tennessee bureau of investigation is authorized to provide to the attorney general and reporter such assistance as the attorney general and reporter may request pursuant to this section.
TN Code § 8-6-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-201. Delivery of Supreme Court Opinions — Time of Publication

 The clerks of the supreme court shall have the opinions of the supreme court enrolled within ten (10) days after their delivery by the court, and shall then deliver to the attorney general and reporter the original opinion for publication. Reports of the opinions shall be published within sixty (60) days from the time sufficient material is furnished the reporter to complete a volume.
TN Code § 8-6-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-202. Opinions to Be Reported

  It is the duty of the attorney general and reporter to report any written opinion of the supreme court that may be pronounced by the court, or any judge thereof, in which any other points of law are decided than such as are settled in some previously reported decisions, and all the opinions the court may direct the attorney general and reporter to report. Additionally, the attorney general and reporter may report and distribute the opinions of the office of the attorney general and reporter, or such other significant legal matters as may be deemed appropriate.   All opinions handed down by the supreme court are required to be officially published in the official reports. This subsection (b) shall not affect appeals from any state boards or commissions, including the Tennessee public utility commission, appeals involving revenue matters and/or taxes, and appeals where the only grounds for a new trial were that there was no evidence to support the verdict and/or that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the weight and preponderance of the evidence.   All opinions handed down by the court of appeals are required to be published in the official reports where certiorari is denied by the supreme court. This subsection (c) shall not affect appeals from any state boards or commissions, including the Tennessee public utility commission, appeals involving revenue matters and/or taxes, and appeals where the only grounds for a new trial were that there was no evidence to support the verdict and/or that the verdict of the jury was contrary to the weight and preponderance of the evidence.
TN Code § 8-6-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-203. Preparation of Reports

 The attorney general and reporter shall prepare the case, and the opinion so pronounced thereon, with proper syllabi of the points therein. In the report of each case shall be given the name of the judge or chancellor who made the decision in the court below, and the place of the decision; also, the name of the judge pronouncing the same in the supreme court. A brief synopsis of the statement of facts shall also be made, if the same is not sufficiently stated in the body of the opinion. It is the further duty of the attorney general and reporter to prepare a correct index for each volume.
TN Code § 8-6-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-204. Printing of Reports — Copyright

 The attorney general and reporter has the right to select a printer, and has the exclusive control of the publication and binding of all reports. After five (5) years from the publication of each report, the copyright of the same shall revert to the state of Tennessee.
TN Code § 8-6-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-205. Opinions of Attorney General — Publication — Distribution

  The attorney general and reporter shall cause to be printed and bound, in a form deemed appropriate, official opinions of that office. Opinions shall be printed annually.   The attorney general and reporter is authorized to examine all such past opinions and omit from the publication any opinion which has, as a result of a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by a change in the law by the general assembly, become obsolete or no longer of authoritative value.   Such opinions, as prepared under the above authority, shall be published in such quantity as the attorney general and reporter determines necessary to supply such publications to all state colleges and universities, the library and archives for interchange, members of the general assembly upon request and the various state departments and agencies, all of which will be furnished without cost, and a sufficient number to be sold to the public generally at a price to include necessary costs above the actual cost of publication.
TN Code § 8-6-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-206. Reports — Number Printed — Distribution

 The attorney general and reporter shall have printed and bound, at the expense of the state to be paid for upon the warrant of the commissioner of finance and administration, a sufficient number of volumes of any of the reports required to be distributed under this part, the same to be furnished at not more than cost plus necessary expenses. These reports as published shall be furnished upon request to members of the general assembly and departments of state government, without cost.
TN Code § 8-6-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 2 - Reports and Opinions|§ 8-6-207. Distribution of State-Owned Reports

  The comptroller of the treasury shall furnish each judge and chancellor and each circuit, chancery, criminal and common law court with a copy of each volume of such reports, gratis, and shall, in like manner, deposit with the secretary of state twenty-five (25) copies of each volume, to remain in that office subject to the direction of the general assembly, and shall also deliver to the state librarian copies requested, to be exchanged with departments and libraries of the United States, and of the several states and territories, and the librarian shall immediately distribute the same at the expense of the state.   The comptroller of the treasury shall also deliver, gratis, to the order of the University of Tennessee thirty (30) copies of each volume for its use, and for exchanges.
TN Code § 8-6-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 3 - Coordination With Other State Agencies and Attorneys|§ 8-6-301. Representation of State Departments and Agencies — Supervision of Investigations — Office of Legal Services Exempted

  The attorney general and reporter, either in person or by assistant, shall represent all offices, departments, agencies, boards, commissions or instrumentalities of the state now in existence or which may hereafter be created. All legal services required by such offices, departments, agencies, boards, commissions or instrumentalities of the state shall be rendered by, or under the direction of, the attorney general and reporter. This section shall not prevent the various offices, departments, agencies, boards, commissions or instrumentalities of the state from employing other attorneys, working solely under the supervision and at the direction of the agency, for the purpose of conducting investigations, advising, consulting, and assisting the office, department, agency, board, commission or instrumentality in the administration of its duties.   The attorney general and reporter shall direct and supervise all investigations and litigation necessary to the administration of the duties of the various offices, departments, agencies, boards, commissions or instrumentalities of the state, and no such entities shall institute any civil proceeding except through the attorney general and reporter.   Legal services provided by the office of legal services for the general assembly under title 3, chapter 12, and attorneys employed by such office are exempt from this section. The attorney general and reporter shall not represent such office before the general assembly or any committee thereof, nor shall direct or supervise such office or attorneys employed by such office.
TN Code § 8-6-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 3 - Coordination With Other State Agencies and Attorneys|§ 8-6-302. Permission for Department or Agency Attorneys to Represent State

 The attorney general and reporter, exercising discretion and with the concurrence of the head of the executive agency involved, may permit, by express written authorization, staff attorneys employed by the various departments, agencies, boards, commissions or instrumentalities of the state to appear and represent the state in a certain case or certain classes of cases under the direction and control of the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 8-6-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 3 - Coordination With Other State Agencies and Attorneys|§ 8-6-303. Actions Instituted by District Attorneys General Excepted

 This part is not to be construed as requiring the attorney general and reporter to approve of, participate in, or supervise actions instituted by the various district attorneys general pursuant to law.
TN Code § 8-6-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 6 - Attorney General and Reporter—legal Department|Part 4 - Investigative Authority|§ 8-6-401. Authority to Give Oaths and Require Testimony

 The attorney general and reporter, in performing the duties of such office where the state  is a party litigant, or there is reasonable cause to indicate it will be a party litigant, is hereby empowered to require any person to testify under oath as to any matter which is a proper subject of inquiry by the attorney general and reporter. The attorney general and reporter, or a designee, is authorized to administer all necessary oaths.