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| 2 | 2 | HOUSE BILL 71 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Sparks | |
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| 5 | 5 | SENATE BILL 812 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Hatcher | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | SB0812 | |
| 10 | 10 | 000499 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, | |
| 14 | 14 | Chapter 7, relative to assistant district attorneys. | |
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| 16 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-7-227, is amended by adding the | |
| 18 | 18 | following as a new subdivision: | |
| 19 | 19 | ( ) An assistant district attorney is eligible to receive year-for-year service credit | |
| 20 | 20 | for prior law enforcement experience upon the recommendation of the hiring district | |
| 21 | 21 | attorney general, and subject to the approval of the executive director of the Tennessee | |
| 22 | 22 | district attorneys general conference; | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-7-227, is amended by designating | |
| 24 | 24 | the current language as subsection (a) and adding the following subsection (b): | |
| 25 | 25 | (b) As used in subdivision (a)( ), "prior law enforcement experience" means full- | |
| 26 | 26 | time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement | |
| 27 | 27 | officer. An employment record from the law enforcement agency must be used to | |
| 28 | 28 | establish the law enforcement experience. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |