38-12-103 - Membership. - Tennessee Statutes

38-12-103. Membership.

The coordinating council shall consist of the following or their representatives: the commissioner of labor and workforce development; attorney general and reporter; director of the administrative office of the courts; executive director of the district public defenders conference; executive director of the Tennessee association of criminal defense lawyers; executive director of the district attorneys general conference; president of the Tennessee sheriffs' association; president of the state court clerks conference; president of the Tennessee chiefs of police association; executive director of the Tennessee task force against domestic violence; executive director of the peace officers standards and training commission; four (4) judges; provided, that at least one (1) judge shall be from each grand division of the state; two (2) members of the general assembly; four (4) members to be appointed by the Tennessee task force against domestic violence; one (1) legal services attorney; one (1) victim witness coordinator; chair of the board of probation and parole; and one (1) probation and parole officer. The domestic violence state coordinating council may add additional members, not to exceed nine (9) members, if such council determines that additional members would assist the council in fulfilling its duties. In adding new members, no more than one (1) member shall be from the same congressional representative district. Each of the nine (9) congressional representative districts shall be represented by at least one (1) member of the coordinating council who resides in such district.

[Acts 1995, ch. 376, § 3; 1998, ch. 1049, §§ 7, 8; 1999, ch. 257, § 3; 2001, ch. 201, § 1.]