§ 10-638. District attorney general; assistants; compensation.

(a)

The district attorney general is hereby granted the power and authority to appoint three assistants to serve the fifteenth division of the general sessions court of the county and the cost of such positions shall be paid solely from local funds. No state funds shall be expended to fund such positions or related expenses. Such assistants shall serve at the pleasure of the district attorney general. There shall be no increase in the amount of the state grant for public defenders to implement the provisions of this division.

(b)

Compensation of such assistants shall be determined by the mayor of the county with the approval of the county board of commissioners. Compensation of such assistants shall be paid from the general fund of the county in such periodic installments as shall be fixed by the county board of commissioners.

(Pub. Acts 1999, ch. 365, § 1)