Tennessee Code 8-622 – Judges and attorneys general retirement tax – Purpose – Levy and collection
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 8-622
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
- 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.
- Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Retirement: means withdrawal from membership with a retirement allowance granted under chapters 34-37 of this title. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
- State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 8-34-101
For the purpose of providing funds with which to defray the costs of the retirement provided for attorneys general and for judges, there is fixed upon every original suit in a court of record and upon every appeal from a justice of the peace or general sessions court, and upon each criminal case finally disposed of by any court of general sessions, a fee of two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50), which shall be known as the judges and attorneys general retirement tax, and which shall be collectible and payable under the same circumstances as state and county tax is now collected upon litigation, save that this fee shall be paid, secured, or worked out, in criminal cases. There shall also be levied upon each indictment or presentment in criminal court or courts having criminal jurisdiction a like amount. The tax as herein provided shall be in addition to such litigation taxes as are now levied by law upon such suits. It shall be a state tax only and no county or municipality shall levy a similar tax. All sums collected from the tax herein levied shall be paid over to the appropriate state official as other litigation tax is now paid. Two-fifths (2/5) of the amount collected hereunder shall be paid into the attorneys general retirement fund and three-fifths (3/5) of the amounts collected shall be paid into the judges’ retirement fund.