(a) The attorney general and reporter shall cause to be printed and bound, in a form deemed appropriate, official opinions of that office. Opinions shall be printed annually.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-6-205

  • Attorney general: means the attorney general and reporter and any assistant thereto by whatever name known, any district attorney general and any assistant thereto by whatever name called, and any officer or full-time employee of the general assembly or any committee thereof established by statute, who is duly licensed to practice law in Tennessee, whose duty it is to provide facilities for drafting bills or to assist individual legislators in drafting bills or who renders legal advice and services to the members of the general assembly or committees thereof. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
(b) The attorney general and reporter is authorized to examine all such past opinions and omit from the publication any opinion which has, as a result of a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by a change in the law by the general assembly, become obsolete or no longer of authoritative value.
(c) Such opinions, as prepared under the above authority, shall be published in such quantity as the attorney general and reporter determines necessary to supply such publications to all state colleges and universities, the library and archives for interchange, members of the general assembly upon request and the various state departments and agencies, all of which will be furnished without cost, and a sufficient number to be sold to the public generally at a price to include necessary costs above the actual cost of publication.
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