Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-36-103 — Purposes of chapter
Tennessee § 40-36-103
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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-103 (2026).
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The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1)Establish a mechanism for using state funds to contract with local governments and qualified private entities to develop community-based alternatives to incarceration that provide a treatment-centered pathway and community-based supervision for offenders, thereby reserving state penal institution, local jail, or workhouse bed space for other offenders;
(2)Facilitate the growth of treatment-centered pathways to alleviate geographical disparities in Tennessee with respect to the availability of such pathways available to judges at sentencing; and (3) Reduce the number of felony offenders committed to state penal institutions, local jails, and workhouses for whom a treatment-centered pathway and appropriate evidence-based community supervision will re
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773 S.W.2d 913 (Tennessee Supreme Court, 1989)
State v. Meeks
779 S.W.2d 394 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1988)
State v. Estep
854 S.W.2d 124 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1992)
State v. Birge
792 S.W.2d 723 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1990)
State v. Wagner
753 S.W.2d 145 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1988)
State v. Huff
760 S.W.2d 633 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1988)
State v. Elam
7 S.W.3d 103 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)
State of Tennessee v. Jeremy Michael Shelton
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2001)
State v. Marty Thatcher
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)
State of Tennessee v. Ericka Alicia Smith
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2016)
State of Tennessee v. Curtis Word
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2014)
State of Tennessee v. Dustin Mark Vaughn
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State of Tennessee v. Chase Nathaniel Martin
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Legislative History
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 483, s 1, eff. 6/30/2023. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 409, s 12, eff. 7/1/2021. Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 3, § 3.
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