The district attorney general 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
Chapter 7 - District Attorneys General
§ 8-7-104. Practice of Law Prohibited
§ 8-7-106. District Attorney General Pro Tem — Attorney Acting for District Attorney General
§ 8-7-111. Special Personnel for Expedition of Post-Conviction Proceedings in Capital Cases
§ 8-7-112. Authorization to Prosecute County Ordinance Violations