SB1660 - Tennessee: Public Defenders, Salaries And Benefits

Companion Bill HB2114. Public Defenders - Redefines duties of the executive director of the district public defenders conference. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 14 and Title 9, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *SB1660 / HB2114 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB1660 / HB2114 Present law specifies that one of the duties of the executive director of the district public defenders conference is to initiate conference calls between district public defenders and coordinate efforts of district public defenders involved in defending cases and crimes crossing district lines. This bill removes the initiation of conference calls from the executive director's duties while retaining the present law provision that requires the executive director to coordinate efforts of district public defenders involved in defending cases and crimes crossing district lines.[...]

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