2016 Tennessee Code
Title 8 - Public Officers and Employees
Chapter 14 - Public Defenders
Part 1 - District Public Defenders and Investigators
§ 8-14-110. Twentieth and thirtieth judicial districts -- State funding.

For the twentieth and thirtieth judicial districts, the state shall pay, in equal quarterly installments, to the county or metropolitan government which has a local public defender, an amount annually appropriated for that purpose. Such amount shall not be less than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1992-1993. In addition to the amount appropriated in 1992-1993 the base level of state support on July 1, 2013, shall be adjusted to reflect the percent of change in the average consumer price index (all items-city average) as published by the United States department of labor, bureau of labor statistics, between that figure for the calendar year 2011 and the calendar year 2012. Each succeeding July 1, a similar adjustment shall be made, based on the percent of change in the average consumer price index between the two (2) calendar years preceding July 1 of the year in which the adjustment is made. No adjustment provided for herein shall exceed five percent (5%) per annum. The base level of state support may be adjusted accordingly each year to meet state budget requirements or to reflect changes to programs, workloads or other operational costs.