Tennessee § 8-7-226 - Salaries of assistant district attorneys general.

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§ 8-7-226. Salaries of assistant district attorneys general.

All assistant district attorneys general hired after July 1, 1994, or reclassified pursuant to § 8-7-201(e)(3), shall be compensated according to the following pay schedule: Entry level $ 49,080 after one (1) year 52,164 after two (2) years 55,248 after three (3) years 58,344 after four (4) years 61,452 after five (5) years 64,512 after six (6) years 67,596 after seven (7) years 70,704 after eight (8) years 73,812 after nine (9) years 76,872 after ten (10) years 79,968 after eleven (11) years 83,052 after twelve (12) years 86,100 after thirteen (13) years 89,184 after fourteen (14) years 92,256 after fifteen (15) years 95,328 after sixteen (16) years 98,424 after seventeen (17) years 101,220 after eighteen (18) years 103,932 after nineteen (19) years 106,548 after twenty (20) years 109,020 after twenty-one (21) years 112,620 after twenty-two (22) years 116,316 after twenty-three (23) years 120,144 after twenty-four (24) years 124,392 after twenty-five (25) years 128,616 Implementation of salary increases pursuant to the pay schedule prescribed in subsection (a) shall be suspended for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, and beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2010. In the fiscal years beginning July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2010, and in subsequent fiscal years, salary increases pursuant to the pay schedule prescribed in subsection (a) shall not include time of service between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2004, nor between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010. The salary increase provided by subsection (a), and suspended by subsection (b) for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, is reinstated effective July 1, 2017. For purposes of determining the appropriate salary classification for assistant district attorneys, credible service for the time period of July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, is included. The salary increase provided by subsection (a), and suspended by subsection (b) for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, is reinstated effective July 1, 2019. For purposes of determining the appropriate salary classification for assistant district attorneys, credible service for the time period of July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, is included. Acts 1994, ch. 704, § 2; 2003, ch. 355, § 4; 2004, ch. 922, § 1; 2006, ch. 987, § 1; 2009, ch. 531, § 22; 2017, ch. 461, § 6; 2018, ch. 899, § 1; 2019, ch. 202, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2003, ch. 355, § 66 provided that no expenditure of public funds pursuant to the act shall be made in violation of the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as codified in 42 U.S.C. § 2000 d. For the Preamble to the act concerning the operation and funding of state government and to fund the state budget for the fiscal years beginning on July 1, 2008, and July 1, 2009, please refer to Acts 2009, ch. 531. Amendments. The 2017 amendment added (c). The 2018 amendment rewrote the pay schedule in (a). The 2019 amendment added (d). Effective Dates. Acts 2017, ch. 461, § 12. July 1, 2017. Acts 2018, ch. 899, § 7. May 3, 2018. Acts 2019, ch. 202, § 4. July 1, 2019.

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