Tenn. Code Ann. § 16-2-518
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Increase in positions or funding to office of public defender
Official statutory text
Any increase in local funding for positions or office expense for the district attorney general shall be accompanied by an increase in funding of seventy-five percent (75%) of the increase in funding to the office of the public defender in such district for the purpose of indigent criminal defense. Acts 1992, ch. 965, § 7; 1994, ch. 1005, § 4.
Any increase in local funding for positions or office expense for the district attorney general shall be accompanied by an increase in funding of seventy-five percent (75%) of the increase in funding to the office of the public defender in such district for the purpose of indigent criminal defense.
Acts 1992, ch. 965, § 7; 1994, ch. 1005, § 4.
Any increase in local funding for positions or office expense for the district attorney general shall be accompanied by an increase in funding of seventy-five percent (75%) of the increase in funding to the office of the public defender in such district for the purpose of indigent criminal defense.
Acts 1992, ch. 965, § 7; 1994, ch. 1005, § 4.
Status: in_force
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