The district public defender is authorized to employ, reassign, or contract with individuals utilizing special funds appropriated solely for the purpose of providing prompt and fair adjudication of post-conviction proceedings in capital sentence cases, including authority to assign the additional personnel the duties of personnel reassigned to the post-conviction cases. In no event shall the employment, contract, or expenditures under this authority extend beyond a two-year period.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators
§ 8-14-101. Indigent Person — Defined
§ 8-14-108. Personnel — State Employees
§ 8-14-109. Immunity of State and Personnel of Public Defender's Office
§ 8-14-110. Twentieth and Thirtieth Judicial Districts — State Funding
§ 8-14-111. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases