Creation — Duties

1. Law
2. Tennessee Code
3. Legislature
4. Office of Legal Services
5. Creation — Duties

There is created the office of legal services, which has the duty to:

1. Provide summaries and abstracts of proposed legislation;
2. Prepare and assist in the preparation of proposed legislation and amendments;
3. Give legal opinions upon request of members of the general assembly;
4. Inform the speaker of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees of either house of developments which have affected or may affect state law or which may require legislative action, together with appropriate recommendations;
5. Review all proposed legislation as to form and style, prior to its introduction;
6. Conduct a continuing review of the Tennessee Code Annotated and uncodified public chapters and advise the general assembly as to legislation deemed necessary to remove defective or anachronistic laws in light of the common law and judicial decisions;
7. Advise the general assembly of proposals for the reform or betterment of the law recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, the American Law Institute, any bar association or other learned body;
8. Receive and consider suggestions from legislators, judges, public officials, lawyers, and the public as to defects and anachronisms in the law and, if deemed appropriate, prepare legislation to remove such defects or anachronisms;
9. Inform the general assembly of all provisions of the Tennessee Code Annotated which have been repealed by implication or which have been held unconstitutional by the Tennessee Supreme Court or by the United States Supreme Court; and
10. Provide other legal services requested by the committee, the speakers, or the general assembly.

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