Tennessee § 8-7-105 - Salary.

§ 8-7-105. Salary.

On July 1, 1990, the salary for district attorneys general shall be sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) per annum. On July 1, 1991, the base salary for district attorneys general shall be seventy-four thousand one hundred dollars ($74,100) per annum. On September 1, 2006, the salary for district attorneys general shall be one hundred twenty-four thousand nine hundred dollars ($124,900). On March 1, 2018, the base salary for district attorneys general shall be one hundred fifty-six thousand twenty-four dollars ($156,024) and shall be adjusted on July 1 to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations act. On September 1, 2006, and on July 1 for each subsequent year, the base salary fixed in subsection (a) shall be adjusted to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations act. For the sole purpose of calculating the salaries payable to assistant district attorneys general under § 8-7-201, the annual compensation of a district attorney general shall be as follows: For full-time assistant district attorneys general through the end of the final fiscal year in which they are eligible for step increases, the salary provided by law for district attorneys general for the 1982-1983 fiscal year; Effective July 1, 1990, for full-time assistant district attorneys general no longer eligible for step increases, a base salary equal to the salary provided by law for district attorneys general for the 1989-1990 fiscal year, adjusted on July 1, 1990, by the percentage set out in subsection (b); and Effective July 1, 1991, for full-time assistant district attorneys general no longer eligible for step increases, but having less than twelve (12) years of credited service as an assistant district attorney general or district attorney general in this state, a base salary equal to the salary provided by law for district attorneys general for the 1989-1990 fiscal year, adjusted as set out in subdivision (c)(2), and further adjusted on July 1, 1991, and on each succeeding July 1, by the percentage set out in subsection (b). 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. Acts 1897, ch. 41, § 1; 1917, ch. 132, § 1; Shan., § 5771; Acts 1925, ch. 12, § 1; Code 1932, § 9969; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 24, 29; Acts 1947, ch. 140, §§ 1, 3; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 9969 (Williams, § 9969.1); Acts 1955, ch. 206, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 154, § 1; 1967, ch. 145, § 1; 1971, ch. 236, § 1; 1972, ch. 526, § 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-705; Acts 1981, ch. 469, § 1; 1982, ch. 851, § 1; 1986, ch. 849, § 1; 1988, ch. 720, § 1; 1990, ch. 1032, § 1; 1993, ch. 344, § 1; 2006, ch. 987, §§ 3, 6; 2007, ch. 361, § 2; 2018, ch. 899, § 5. Code Commission Notes. According to information provided by the executive director of the district attorneys general conference, effective January 3, 1993, the base salary for a district attorney general is $77,064 per annum. Effective July 1, 1994, the base salary of a district attorney general is $83,384.52, and the base salary of a topped-out assistant district attorney is $61,051.68. Effective July 1, 1996, the base salary of a district attorney general is $87,612.00, and the base salary of a topped-out assistant district attorney is $64,140.00. As of July 1, 2000, the annual salary of a district attorney general is $94,344. As of July 1, 2001, the annual salary of a district attorney general is $96,708. A 3.0% salary increase becomes effective January 1, 2003. As of July 1, 2005, the annual salary of a district attorney general is $105,684. Amendments. The 2018 amendment added the last sentence in (a). Effective Dates. Acts 2018, ch. 899, § 7. May 3, 2018. Cross-References. Salaries and salary adjustments, § 8-23-101 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 3 Tenn. Juris., Attorney General, § 12. Law Reviews. The Tennessee Court Systems — Prosecution, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 477 (1978).