District Attorneys

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on how much service credit can be earned or if it applies to all districts.

Assistant District Attorneys Service Credit

This bill allows assistant district attorneys in Tennessee to receive service credit for their previous work as POST-certified police officers.

What This Bill Does

• Allows an assistant district attorney general to earn year-for-year service credit based on past law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and approval by the executive director of the district attorneys general conference.
• Defines 'prior law enforcement experience' as full-time employment with a POST-certified police officer in a law enforcement agency.

Who It Names or Affects

• Assistant district attorneys in Tennessee
• District attorney generals who hire assistant district attorneys
• Executive directors of the district attorneys general conference

Terms To Know

POST-certified law enforcement officer

A police officer who has completed a required training program and is certified by the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) agency.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much service credit an assistant district attorney can earn.
• It's unclear if this change will affect all districts or just some specific ones.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 812
By Hatcher

HOUSE BILL 71
By Sparks

HB0071
000499
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
Chapter 7, relative to assistant district attorneys.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-7-227, is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:
( ) An assistant district attorney is eligible to receive year-for-year service credit
for prior law enforcement experience upon the recommendation of the hiring district
attorney general, and subject to the approval of the executive director of the Tennessee
district attorneys general conference;
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-7-227, is amended by designating
the current language as subsection (a) and adding the following subsection (b):
(b) As used in subdivision (a)( ), "prior law enforcement experience" means full-
time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement
officer. An employment record from the law enforcement agency must be used to
establish the law enforcement experience.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.