From the inbox, it appears Rep. Doug Overbey has requested an opinion [1] from the State Attorney General regarding administration of the Blount County Sheriff's Office:

Is the Sheriff, in reassigning employees and transferring funding from one major category appropriation to another, required to obtain the prior approval for the transfer of funds from the Financial Management Committee, the Blount County Commission, or both?

The State AG responds:

Reading this subsection of Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-9-407 together with subsection (e)(2)(B) thereof, it appears that the Sheriff must submit the request to the Budget Committee for its recommendations to the County Mayor or county legislative body, or both, for approval. The County Mayor may also make a recommendation to the county legislative body with respect to the amendment. The requested amendment is not effective unless approved by the County Commission.

You can read the entire opinion and analysis at the State AG website [2] (PDF format). It's not clear why Rep. Overbey requested the opinion. It sounds like some inside baseball regarding process, and there's a lot of legal analysis of the interplay between the Local Option Budgeting Law, which the county operates under, and the County Sheriff’s Civil Service Law under which the Sheriff's office operates. The opinion is dated July 12th, but we're not aware of any local newspaper coverage explaining what it's all about. Guess we'll find out sooner or later.