Tennessee § 40-28-102 Chapter definitions

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§ 40-28-102 — Chapter definitions

Tennessee § 40-28-102

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Bluebook

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-102 (2026).

Text

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)"Board" means the board of parole;

(2)"Commissioner" means the commissioner of correction;

(3)"Department" means the department of correction;

(4)"Executive director" means the officer employed by the board as the chief administrative officer of the agency;

(5)"Notification," as used in this part, may include telephone, facsimile and internet communications;

(6)"Parole" means the release of a prisoner to the community by the board prior to the expiration of the prisoner's term subject to conditions imposed by the board and to supervision by the department, or when a court or other authority has issued a warrant against the prisoner and the board, in its discretion, has released the prisoner to answer the warrant of th

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board" means the board of parole; (2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of correction; (3) "Department" means the department of correction; (4) "Executive director" means the officer employed by the board as the chief administrative officer of the agency; (5) "Notification," as used in this part, may include telephone, facsimile and internet communications; (6) "Parole" means the release of a prisoner to the community by the board prior to the expiration of the prisoner's term subject to conditions imposed by the board and to supervision by the department, or when a court or other authority has issued a warrant against the prisoner and the board, in its discretion, has released the prisoner to answer the warrant of the court or authority; and (7) "Probation and parole officer" means a probation and parole officer employed by the department.

Legislative History

Acts 1937, ch. 276, §§ 1, 2; 1949, ch. 18, §§ 1-3; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §§ 11818.1, 11818.2 (Williams, §§ 11843.1, 11843.2); Acts 1961, ch. 93, § 1; 1963, ch. 288, § 1; 1970, ch. 488, § 1; 1972, ch. 636, §§ 1-8; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(82); 1978, ch. 929, § 6; 1979, ch. 359, §§ 2-5, 7; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 359, §§ 5, 26; Acts 1980, ch. 584, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3601(2); Acts 1989, ch. 227, §§ 1, 2; 1998, ch. 1049, §§ 23 - 25, 66; 1999, ch. 516, § 1; 2012, ch. 727, § 13.