§ 16-2-521. Number of Criminal Investigator Positions to Which District Attorney General Entitled Pursuant to § 16-2-506
The number of criminal investigator positions to which the district attorney general of each judicial district is entitled pursuant to § 16-2-506 or any other law shall be the minimum number of positions authorized in each judicial district. No law shall be construed to prohibit the employment of additional criminal investigators in a judicial district […]
§ 16-2-514. Incumbent Clerks and Masters
Nothing in this part shall be construed to limit, terminate or otherwise affect the term or future terms of office of any circuit court clerk, criminal court clerk or clerk and master. All such incumbents shall continue in office until the expiration of their respective terms of office and shall be eligible for reelection and […]
§ 16-2-515. References to Judicial Circuits or Divisions Deemed to Judicial Districts
All references in Tennessee Code Annotated to “judicial circuits” or “chancery divisions” shall be deemed references to the judicial districts created by this part.
§ 16-2-516. Pending Cases — Process — Surety Bonds — Applicability of Local Rules
All process issued after September 1, 1984, shall be returnable at the times and places fixed by local court rules promulgated in accordance with this part. All bonds and undertakings executed after September 1, 1984, shall be governed by local court rules, insofar as to appearance dates and other conditions relating to time and place.
§ 16-2-517. Jurisdictions Unaffected
Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, nothing in this part shall be construed to repeal, amend or affect in any manner any jurisdiction granted to any local court by any public or private law.
§ 16-2-518. Increase in Positions or Funding to Office of Public Defender
Any increase in local funding for positions or office expense for the district attorney general shall be accompanied by an increase in funding of seventy-five percent (75%) of the increase in funding to the office of the public defender in such district for the purpose of indigent criminal defense.
§ 16-2-519. Creation of Assistant District Attorney Positions
It is the declared policy of the general assembly to create assistant district attorney general (ADA) positions based upon the number of the ADA positions to population ratios being the primary consideration with secondary consideration being caseload when uniformly reported caseload statistics become available. The Tennessee district attorneys general conference is directed to make recommendations […]
§ 16-2-520. Additional Assistant District Attorney General Positions
Effective July 1, 2004, there are created thirty (30) additional assistant district attorney general positions to be designated in judicial districts as provided in this section. The executive director of the district attorneys general conference and the administrative director of the courts shall meet and prepare a report that contains the recommendations of such officials […]
§ 16-2-505. Election of Additional Judges — Secretary — Courtroom Security — Judicial Candidates
In any judicial district in which § 16-2-506 requires the election of an additional judge, the election shall occur in August of that year. The qualified voters of the judicial district in which the election is required shall elect a person to the office of judge for that district. That person shall possess the same […]
§ 16-2-506. Establishment of Judicial Districts — Assistant District Attorneys General — Criminal Investigators — Equity and Law Courts — Chancery Courts
The state is divided into thirty-two (32) judicial districts composed as follows: The first judicial district consists of the counties of Carter, Johnson, Unicoi and Washington. The four (4) incumbent trial court judges and the district attorney general currently residing in those counties shall continue to serve the first judicial district in their respective capacities. […]