The attorney general and reporter and assistants shall be under the disabilities, restrictions, and disqualifications of district attorneys general and shall be subject to be proceeded against for misdemeanors in office in the same manner that the judges of the courts are proceeded against. Nothing in this section or in any other law prohibits the voluntary provision of pro bono legal services through an organized program of pro bono legal services that receives funding pursuant to §16-3-808 and that provides professional liability insurance for losses sustained by clients of lawyers participating in the program.
Code 1858, § 3950 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 51, § 2); Shan., § 5754; mod. Code 1932, § 9954; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-607; Acts 2009, ch. 7, § 1.
Cross-References. Restrictions on district attorneys general, §8-7-104.
Collateral References.
Constitutionality and construction of statute prohibiting public attorney from engaging in private practice. 82 A.L.R.2d 774, 6 A.L.R.3d 562.
Validity, under state law, of appointment of special prosecutor where regular prosecutor is charged with, or being investigated for, criminal or impeachable offense. 84 A.L.R.3d 115.