Tennessee § 16-3-801 - Creation — Purpose.

§ 16-3-801. Creation — Purpose.

There is created the administrative office of the courts. The purpose of this office is to assist in improving the administration of justice in the state by performing the duties and exercising the powers conferred in this part. Acts 1993, ch. 65, § 2. Compiler's Notes. Former part 8, §§ 16-3-801 — 16-3-805 (Acts 1963, ch. 86, §§ 1-5; 1965, ch. 214, § 1; T.C.A. §§ 16-325 — 16-329; Acts 1984, ch. 931, § 24; 1992, ch. 651, § 1; 1992, ch. 896, § 1), concerning the executive secretary to the supreme court, was repealed by Acts 1993, ch. 65, § 2. Acts 1993, ch. 66, § 74 provided that it was the intention of the general assembly to change the name of the executive secretary to the supreme court to the administrative director of the courts. In furtherance of that intention, the Tennessee Code Commission was directed to make any other language or stylistic changes in the text of the law which might be necessary to effectuate the change. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court System — Supreme Court (Frederic S. Le Clercq), 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 191. Three Quarters of a Century in Judicial Administration (Delmar Karlen), 32 Tenn. L. Rev. 412.