Sevier County approves $12.50 court charge to fund district attorney's office under TCA 40-3-106
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Summary
The board authorized a $12.50 charge on applicable criminal warrants under TCA 40-3-106 to fund the Fourth Judicial District district attorney’s office; District Attorney Jimmy Dunn told commissioners funds will be held in a district account and tracked by clerks.
Sevier County commissioners voted Aug. 18 to authorize a $12.50 charge, to be added by the clerk on applicable criminal warrants, to provide funding for the district attorney’s office under Tennessee Code Annotated 40-3-106.
District Attorney Jimmy Dunn spoke to the board about the resolution. Dunn said the statute took effect after legislative action and that, under the process described to the board, the clerks will record the charge on criminal warrants (excluding non-moving traffic violations) and remit funds to the Tennessee District Attorney General’s Conference. Dunn said those funds will be held in a district account for the Fourth Judicial District and "will stay in that account" if not spent, and clerks will keep records showing funds going to and from the account for distribution among counties that adopt the resolution.
The pages of the minutes show the county budget officer discussed accounting arrangements with Dunn’s office; the board approved Resolution 2025-08-04 by the required two-thirds vote (23 Yes, 0 No, 2 Absent). No additional local conditions for spending the funds were recorded in the minutes beyond clerks’ tracking and the conference allocation plan described by Dunn.