Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-21-203

(a) There is created a civil rights enforcement division in the office of the attorney general and reporter.  The offices of the division are to be located in a place to be determined by the attorney general.  The attorney general is authorized to hire, fire, supervise, direct, and control the personnel and activities of the division, and the employees of the division are employees of the office of the attorney general and reporter for the purposes of title 8, chapter 6.

(b) The division is headed by a director of civil rights enforcement who is appointed by, and serves at the pleasure of, the attorney general.

(c) The division is to be funded from the general fund as appropriated in the general appropriations act.  Notwithstanding this section or another law to the contrary, effective July 1, 2025, it is the legislative intent that all funding for thirty (30) employment positions allocated to the commission prior to such date is to be transferred to the office of the attorney general and reporter.  The attorney general has discretion to determine how and whether to utilize these positions.