Tennessee § 8-14-112 - Additional assistant district public defender positions.
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§ 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. Acts 2004, ch. 821, § 1; T.C.A § 8-14-212 . Code Commission Notes. This section was renumbered from § 8-14-212 to § 8-14-112 by authority of the Code Commission in 2016.
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