8-7-103 - Duties. - Tennessee Statutes

8-7-103. Duties.

Each district attorney general:

     (1)  Shall prosecute in the courts of the district all violations of the state criminal statutes and perform all prosecutorial functions attendant thereto, including prosecuting cases in a municipal court where the municipality provides sufficient personnel to the district attorney general for that purpose;

     (2)  Shall prosecute in the federal court all criminal cases removed from a state court in the district to any inferior court;

     (3)  May cooperate and assist, upon the request or direction of the attorney general and reporter, in the bringing, prosecution, defense, preparation, and trial of all cases in the circuit and chancery courts in which the attorney general and reporter is required to appear for the protection of the state or the public interest;

     (4)  Shall give an opinion, without charge, whenever called upon by any county officer in the district, upon a question of criminal law relating to the duties of the county officer's office;

     (5)  Shall submit to the office of executive director for the district attorneys general conference within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, a written report specifying:

          (A)  Each source from which funds were received by the office of the district attorney general during the fiscal year;

          (B)  The amount of funds received from each source; and

          (C)  The disposition of such funds.

     (6)  Shall have discretion in the performance of duties and responsibilities in the allocation of resources available to such district attorney general, any other provision of law notwithstanding; and

     (7)  Shall have authority to delegate the foregoing duties and responsibilities to an assistant district attorney general.

[Code 1858, § 3961 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 13, § 2; 1829, ch. 43, § 1; 1833, ch. 43, § 1; 1835-1836, ch. 15, § 21; 1835-1836, ch. 28, §§ 1, 3; 1839-1840, ch. 160, § 5; 1841-1842, ch. 59, §§ 2, 3; 1841-1842, ch. 129, §§ 1, 4; 1841-1842, ch. 147, § 2; 1843-1844, ch. 103, §§ 2, 4; 1843-1844, ch. 215, § 3; 1847-1848, ch. 129, § 1; 1849-1850, ch. 247, § 3; 1851-1852, ch. 167, §§ 1, 2; 1853-1854, ch. 115, § 2); impl. am. Acts 1875, ch. 91; Acts 1899, ch. 271, §§ 1, 2; Shan., § 5768; mod. Code 1932, § 9966; modified; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 50; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 10, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, § 22; Acts 1979, ch. 226, § 23; 1979, ch. 318, § 23; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-702; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; Acts 1988, ch. 913, § 1; 1990, ch. 974, § 4; 1996, ch. 996, § 2; 1998, ch. 1080, § 3.]