Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL COOPER ISSUES OPINION REGARDING SALARY OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL PRO TEM

The Tennessee Attorney General issued the following opinion:

Opinion No. 07-93

Salary of District Attorney General Pro Tem

QUESTIONS

The District Attorney General for the 15th Judicial District has been prohibited by the Board of Professional Responsibility from performing his duties, although he is still drawing his salary.

One of his assistants has been appointed District Attorney General pro tem.

1. Is a District Attorney General pro tem entitled to draw the salary of a District Attorney General while the elected officeholder is still receiving his salary?

2. Does funding for the salary of a District Attorney General pro tem come from the District Attorneys General Conference, although ...

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