Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-7-105 (2024)
Salary
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- (a) On July 1, 1990, the salary for district attorneys general shall be sixty-eight thousand dollars ($68,000) per annum. On July 1, 1991, the base salary for district attorneys general shall be seventy-four thousand one hundred dollars ($74,100) per annum. On September 1, 2006, the salary for district attorneys general shall be one hundred twenty-four thousand nine hundred dollars ($124,900). On March 1, 2018, the base salary for district attorneys general shall be one hundred fifty-six thousand twenty-four dollars ($156,024) and shall be adjusted on July 1 to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations act. On June 30, 2024, the base salary for district attorneys general shall be two hundred five thousand three hundred twenty-eight dollars ($205,328) and shall be adjusted on July 1 to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations act.
- (b) On September 1, 2006, and on July 1 for each subsequent year, the base salary fixed in subsection (a) shall be adjusted to reflect the average percentage pay increase provided for state employees by the general appropriations act.
- (c) For the sole purpose of calculating the salaries payable to assistant district attorneys general under § 8-7-201, the annual compensation of a district attorney general shall be as follows:
- (1) For full-time assistant district attorneys general through the end of the final fiscal year in which they are eligible for step increases, the salary provided by law for district attorneys general for the 1982-1983 fiscal year;
- (2) Effective July 1, 1990, for full-time assistant district attorneys general no longer eligible for step increases, a base salary equal to the salary provided by law for district attorneys general for the 1989-1990 fiscal year, adjusted on July 1, 1990, by the percentage set out in subsection (b); and
- (3) Effective July 1, 1991, for full-time assistant district attorneys general no longer eligible for step increases, but having less than twelve (12) years of credited service as an assistant district attorney general or district attorney general in this state, a base salary equal to the salary provided by law for district attorneys general for the 1989-1990 fiscal year, adjusted as set out in subdivision (c)(2), and further adjusted on July 1, 1991, and on each succeeding July 1, by the percentage set out in subsection (b).
- (d) For purposes of this chapter, in computing annual salary increases that are tied to salary increases appropriated to state employees, it is the intention of the general assembly that the increases are to be based solely on the specific percentage increase granted by the general appropriations act to all general state employees. Adjustments to annual salary increases as provided for in this chapter that are tied to salary increases of state employees are not to be adjusted on the basis of any class compensation efforts, class compression efforts, or any other method of salary adjustments.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 974,s 1, eff. 5/21/2024.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 899, s 5, eff. 5/3/2018.
Acts 1897, ch. 41, § 1; 1917, ch. 132, § 1; Shan., § 5771; Acts 1925, ch. 12, § 1; Code 1932, § 9969; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 24, 29; Acts 1947, ch. 140, §§ 1, 3; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 9969 (Williams, § 9969.1); Acts 1955, ch. 206, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; Acts 1963, ch. 154, § 1; 1967, ch. 145, § 1; 1971, ch. 236, § 1; 1972, ch. 526, § 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-705; Acts 1981, ch. 469, § 1; 1982, ch. 851, § 1; 1986, ch. 849, § 1; 1988, ch. 720, § 1; 1990, ch. 1032, § 1; 1993, ch. 344, § 1; 2006, ch. 987, §§ 3, 6; 2007 , ch. 361, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2021 · leading case: White ex rel. Swafford v. Gerbitz, 860 F.2d 661 (6th Cir. 1988).
White ex rel. Swafford v. Gerbitz, 860 F.2d 661 (6th Cir. 1988). “§ 8-7-103, and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201. These four defendants, in their official capacities, are employees of the State of Tennessee.”
Abernathy v. Tennessee Consol. Ret. Sys., 655 S.W.2d 143 (Tenn. 1983). “strict attorneys general was amended, to wit: “No annual adjustment as provided in this subsection shall be made after July 1, 1978, with respect to the base salaries as adjusted fixed for major state officials by subsections (b) and (c) of this section, nor after July 1, 1978,…”
Stewart v. Shelby Cnty. Gov't, No. 2:18-cv-02522 (W.D. Tenn. Aug. 13, 2019). “§ 8-7-103 , and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201.” Therefore, they are employees of the State of Tennessee.”
Goff v. Pickens, No. 1:19-cv-01093 (W.D. Tenn. Oct. 3, 2019). “§ 8-7-103 , and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and therefore are employees of the State of Tennessee); see also Hembree v.”
McGriggs v. Dunavant, No. 1:19-cv-01108 (W.D. Tenn. Oct. 1, 2019). “§ 8-7-103 , and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and therefore are employees of the State of Tennessee); see also Will v.”
Shanklin v. State of Tennessee, No. 1:19-cv-01192 (W.D. Tenn. Dec. 5, 2019). “§ 8-7-103 , and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and therefore are employees of the State of Tennessee); see also Hembree v.”
Ingle v. Shelby Cnty. Gov., No. 2:19-cv-02080 (W.D. Tenn. Nov. 1, 2019). “§ 8-7-103 , and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and are thus employees of the State of Tennessee); see also Hembree v.”
Cole v. Madison Cnty. Dist. Attorney, No. 1:21-cv-01010 (W.D. Tenn. Jan. 20, 2021). “§ 8-7-103 , and receive an annual salary payable out of the state treasury, Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and therefore are employees of the State of Tennessee); see also Hembree v.”
McAlister v. State of Tennessee, No. 1:20-cv-01100 (W.D. Tenn. Jan. 12, 2021). “1988) (noting that district attorneys general and their assistants “prosecute suits on behalf of the state, Tenn.”
Hemenway v. 16th Jud. Attorney's Off., No. 3:15-cv-00997, 2020 WL 6364486 (M.D. Tenn. Oct. 29, 2020). “§§ 8-7-105, 8-7-201, and are employees of the State of Tennessee.”
Taylor v. State of Tennessee, No. 1:19-cv-01248 (W.D. Tenn. Jan. 7, 2020). “§§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and therefore are employees of the State of Tennessee).”
Cruse v. Pickens, No. 1:19-cv-01199 (W.D. Tenn. Nov. 18, 2019). “§§ 8-7-105 and 8-7-201” and therefore are employees of the State of Tennessee); see also Hembree v.”
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