Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-23-115 — Maintenance of death chamber
Tennessee·Title 40
The commissioner of correction shall ensure that a permanent and suitable death chamber is kept and maintained within a penitentiary of this state, as defined in § 41-1-101(b) , and that an electrical apparatus, together with all necessary appliances sufficient for the infliction of punishment of death as provided in § 40-23-114 , is kept and maintained in the death chamber.
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Legislative History
Acts 1913 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 36, § 2; Shan., § 7204a2; mod. Code 1932, § 11791; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3118; Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 5, § 15.
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