§ 2-395. Additional personnel, 1991.

(a)

There are hereby created five additional assistant district attorneys general positions to the district attorney general for the sixth judicial district; such positions shall be filled by appointment of the district attorney general of the sixth judicial district, shall serve at the pleasure of such official, and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the district attorney general. The assistant district attorneys general positions created in this section shall be filled by persons licensed to practice law in the state.

(b)

There are hereby created two additional criminal investigator positions for the district attorney general of the sixth judicial district. Such positions shall be filled by appointment of the district attorney general for such judicial district, shall serve at the pleasure of such district attorney general and shall perform such duties on behalf of the state as may be assigned to them by the district attorney general. Such criminal investigators, as part of their duties, shall investigate crime and take statements of witnesses in felony and other cases and assist in carrying out the duties of the office of the district attorney general. The duly appointed criminal investigators shall have the same authority and power as is conferred by law upon criminal investigators by T.C.A. § 16-2-508.

(c)

There are hereby created two additional secretarial positions to the district attorney general of the sixth judicial district. Such secretarial positions shall be filled by appointment of such district attorney general and shall serve at the pleasure of such official.

(d)

The board of county commissioners shall pay from its general and available funds, if appropriated and made a part of the county's annual budget, the salaries of the five assistant district attorneys general positions, the two criminal investigator positions and the two secretarial positions created by this section. The compensation of the assistant district attorneys general positions shall be in accordance with the general law of this state to be paid to the assistant district attorneys general in equal monthly installments. Each assistant district attorney general shall devote full time to their duties, as provided by the general law of the state. The compensation of the criminal investigator positions shall be in accordance with the general law of this state and shall be paid to the criminal investigators in equal monthly installments. The compensation of the two secretarial positions shall be established and approved by the board of county commissioners and shall be paid to each employee at a monthly rate, twice per month.

(Public Acts 1991, ch. 27, §§ 1—4; Public Acts 1991, ch. 495, § 1; Ord. No. O-91-8-104, § 1, 8-29-91)