Public Acts of 1977 Chapter 356

COMPILER'S NOTE: Although this is a public, rather than a private act; it is one of special effect and is not found in Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 1. There is hereby created an additional office of Criminal Investigator for the District Attorney General of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit.  The District Attorney General of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit shall appoint a qualified person to such office, to serve at the pleasure of the District Attorney General.

SECTION 2. The above-created Criminal Investigator shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the District Attorney General, and shall have the same powers and authority as deputies of the County Sheriffs.

SECTION 3. There is hereby created an additional office of Assistant District Attorney General for the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit.  The District Attorney General of the Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit shall appoint a qualified person, licensed to practice law in Tennessee, to such office, to serve at the pleasure of the District Attorney General.

SECTION 4. The above created Assistant District Attorney General shall perform such duties as the District Attorney General may direct, and shall serve as a full-time assistant as provided for by Section 8-708 of the Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 5.  The Criminal Investigator and the Assistant District Attorney General provided for in this act shall be compensated according to general law.

SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed: May 16, 1977.