District Attorneys

Plain English Breakdown

The exact process and criteria for disputes about employment records or recommendations are not specified in the official source material.

Law for Assistant District Attorneys

This bill allows assistant district attorneys in Tennessee to earn service credit based on previous full-time employment as POST-certified police officers if recommended by their hiring district attorney general and approved by the executive director of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference.

What This Bill Does

• Allows assistant district attorneys to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general.
• Requires approval from the executive director of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference for the service credit.
• Defines 'prior law enforcement experience' as full-time employment with a POST-certified police agency.

Who It Names or Affects

• Assistant district attorneys in Tennessee
• District attorney generals who hire assistant district attorneys
• The executive director of the Tennessee 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 state.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much service credit an assistant district attorney can earn.
• It's unclear what happens if there are disputes about employment records or recommendations.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 71
By Sparks

SENATE BILL 812
By Hatcher

SB0812
000499
- 1 -

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.