There is created the office of legal services, which has the duty to: Provide summaries and abstracts of proposed legislation; Prepare and assist in the preparation of proposed legislation and amendments; Give legal opinions upon request of members of the general assembly; Inform the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, […]
The joint legislative services committee shall appoint, subject to the approval of the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives, a director of legal services who shall be a graduate of an accredited law school, shall be licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee, shall have five (5) […]
Suitable office space and facilities shall be provided in Nashville convenient to the general assembly.
Suggested revisions to the Tennessee Code Annotated, to the uncodified public acts, and to other general laws of the state shall be prepared by the office of legal services. Such revisions may be initiated by the office of legal services, may be recommended by individual lawyers, legislators, judges, or other public officials, or may be […]
All books, papers, records, and correspondence of the office of legal services pertaining to its work shall be kept in the office of legal services and all such materials are public records except: Intraoffice memoranda made by the director of the office of legal services or the director’s staff; and Work papers and correspondence, including […]
The director of the office of legal services and the director’s legal staff shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with each member of the general assembly with respect to communications between the member and the attorney, except as otherwise provided by the rules of either house of the general assembly. All materials arising out of this […]
The office of legal services shall maintain a legislative reference and law library for the use and information of the general assembly. The library shall be staffed by a librarian who is a graduate of an accredited school of library science. The library shall be the official depository for all research and reference materials or […]
The director of the office of legal services or the director’s designee shall review all reports submitted by the attorney general and reporter pursuant to § 8-6-109(d), inform the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives of such lawsuits for the purposes of § 8-6-109(e), assist any legal counsel employed pursuant to § […]
The director of legal services may recommend the appointment, and the speakers may appoint, a revisor of statutes within the office of legal services. The revisor shall be a graduate of an accredited law school, shall be licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee, shall have five (5) or more years of experience […]
