Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0706 Compare Versions

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2		-	SENATE BILL 924
3		-	By Haile
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5	4		HOUSE BILL 706
6	5		By Travis
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9	8		HB0706
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13	12		AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8;
14	13		Title 16 and Title 41, relative to public employee
15	14		positions.
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17	16		BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	17		SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, Chapter 51, is amended by adding
19	18		the following as a new part:
20	19		41-51-401.
21	20		(a) The department of correction shall furnish and provide to the district
22	21		attorneys general conference a total of ten (10) additional assistant district attorney
23	22		general positions initially funded at compensation level 5 and thereafter compensated in
24	23		accordance with § 8-7-226. The department shall also furnish and provide to the district
25	24		attorneys general conference a total of ten (10) additional criminal investigator positions
26	25		initially funded at compensation level 6 and thereafter compensated in accordance with
27	26		§ 8-7-230, to be designated and assigned in accordance with § 16-2-523.
28	27		(b) The additional assistant district attorney general positions and criminal
29	28		investigator positions created and provided pursuant to subsection (a) are for the
30	29		purpose of conducting specialized criminal investigations and prosecutions of any
31	30		criminal offenses committed or occurring in or related to a state correctional institution,
32	31		including violations of title 39, chapter 13, parts 1, 2, 3, and 5; title 39, chapter 16, parts
33	32		1, 2, 4, 5, and 6; and title 39, chapter 17, part 4. The department of correction shall
34	33		grant designated assistant district attorneys general and criminal investigators complete
35	34		access to the premises, books, records, electronic devices, and other evidence of
36	35		criminal offenses kept or in the custody of the department. A request by the district
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41	40		attorney general must be honored, and the superintendent, director, warden, or
42	41		employee of any state correctional institution must give full aid, support, and cooperation
43	42		to the district attorney general in the investigation or prosecution as requested.
44	43		(c) This section does not limit or otherwise impede the discretion in the
45	44		performance of duties and responsibilities in the allocation of resources available to the
46	45		district attorney general pursuant to § 8-7-103.
47	46		SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16, Chapter 2, Part 5, is amended by
48	47		adding the following as a new section:
49	48		16-2-523.
50	49		(a) In addition to positions created under this part, effective July 1, 2025, there
51	50		are created ten (10) additional assistant district attorney general positions and ten (10)
52	51		additional criminal investigator positions to be designated in judicial districts as provided
53	52		in this section and consistent with § 41-51-401.
54	53		(b) The additional assistant district attorney general positions and criminal
55	54		investigator positions created and provided pursuant to subsection (a) are designated
56	55		and assigned in judicial districts containing a state correctional institution, as follows:
57	56		(1) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
58	57		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the first judicial
59	58		district;
60	59		(2) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
61	60		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the ninth judicial
62	61		district;
63	62		(3) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
64	63		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the twelfth judicial
65	64		district;
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70	69		(4) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
71	70		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the fifteenth judicial
72	71		district;
73	72		(5) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
74	73		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the twentieth
75	74		judicial district;
76	75		(6) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
77	76		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the twenty-second
78	77		judicial district;
79	78		(7) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
80	79		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the twenty-fifth
81	80		judicial district;
82	81		(8) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
83	82		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the twenty-ninth
84	83		judicial district;
85	84		(9) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
86	85		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the thirtieth judicial
87	86		district; and
88	87		(10) One (1) assistant district attorney general position and one (1)
89	88		criminal investigator position are designated and assigned to the thirty-second
90	89		judicial district.
91	90		(c) The number of assistant district attorney general and criminal investigator
92	91		positions created by this section, § 16-2-506, or another provision of law is the minimum
93	92		number of positions authorized in each district. This section or any other provision of
94	93		law does not prohibit or prevent the employment of additional assistant district attorneys
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99	98		general or criminal investigators in a particular judicial district, regardless of whether the
100	99		positions are funded by a state or non-state source, or whether they are specifically
101	100		enumerated in this section, § 16-2-506, or another provision of law.
102	101		SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.