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1992 Tennessee Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1992)

handle is hein.sag/sagtn0121 and id is 1 raw text is: OPINTONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TENNESSEE Published by Authority of Chapter 276 Public Acts of 1971 March, 1992 92-22 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/TENNESSEE:Bills:Rejection: House Bill476/Senate Bill 1030, a bill limited by its caption to a call for a constitutional convention regarding taxation, is diff'areot in substance from Senate Bill 10, which called for a vote of the people on several questions including a constitutional convention regarding taxation, and does not violate Art. II, §19 of the Tennessee Constitution. Tenn. Const. Art. II, §17, Tenn. Const. Art. II, S1; Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 178-66 (June 17, 1975), Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. U81-099 (April 7, 1981), Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 84-182 (April 27, 1984), Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 85-282 (November 18, 1985). 92-22 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/TENNESSEE:Conventions: House Bill476/Senate Bill 1030, a bill limited by its caption to a call for a constitutional convention regarding taxation, is different in substance from Senate Bill 10, which called for a vote of the people on several questions including a constitutional convention regarding taxation, and does not violate Art. II, S 19 of the Tennessee Constitution. Tenn. Const. Art. II, §17, Tenn. Const. Art. II, 519; Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 178-66 (June 17, 1975), Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. U81-099 (April 7, 1981), Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 84-182 (April 27, 1984), Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 85-282 (November 18, 1985). 92-27 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/TENNESSEE:Conventions: If House Bill 476/Senate Bill 1030 (dealing with Constitutional Conventions) is passed, the Convention in its recommendations would not be limited to the proposal found in section 63 of the bill. Tenn. Const., Art. Ii, S28, Art. II, §29, Art. II, §30, Art. XI, §3, Art. XI, §9; Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. November 19, 1973, Op. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 77-265 (August 16, 1977), up. Tenn. Atty. Gen. 77-299 (August 31, 1977). 92-20 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW/TENNESSEE:Due Process: Decrease or cessation of indigent defense funds does not per se constitute a violation of right to counsel for indigent defendants under the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution, nor does the decrease or