3-12-106 - Relationships with members of general assembly. - Tennessee Statutes

3-12-106. Relationships with members of general assembly.

(a)  The director of the office of legal services and the director's legal staff shall maintain the attorney-client relationship with each member of the general assembly with respect to communications between the member and the attorney, except as otherwise provided by the rules of either house of the general assembly.

(b)  All materials arising out of this relationship including, but not limited to, proposed bills and amendments, analyses, opinions, and memoranda prepared by an attorney are not public records nor subject to the provisions of title 10, chapter 7, part 5, except as otherwise provided by the rules of either house of the general assembly or when released by the member for whom the material was prepared.

[Acts 1977, ch. 89, § 10; T.C.A., § 3-1206.]