House Bill 71 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, specifically Section 8-7-227, to provide eligibility for assistant district attorneys to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience. This eligibility is contingent upon the recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and requires approval from the executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference. The bill introduces a new subdivision that outlines this provision.

Additionally, the bill designates the existing language in Section 8-7-227 as subsection (a) and adds a new subsection (b) that defines "prior law enforcement experience" as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer. It specifies that an employment record from the law enforcement agency must be used to verify this experience. The act is set to take effect upon becoming law, emphasizing the public welfare.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 8-7-227