House Bill 71 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, to provide new eligibility criteria for assistant district attorneys regarding service credit for prior law enforcement experience. The bill introduces a new subdivision that allows an assistant district attorney to receive year-for-year service credit for their previous law enforcement experience, contingent upon the recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and the approval of the executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference.

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 provided to establish this experience. The act is set to take effect upon becoming law, emphasizing the public welfare.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 8-7-227