Tennessee § 4-3-601 - Creation.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-3-601 — Creation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-3-601. Creation.
There is hereby created the department of correction. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 373a30; Code 1932, § 255; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 1; 1939, ch. 11, § 1; 1955, ch. 102, § 1; modified. Compiler's Notes. The department of correction, created by this section and § 4-3-101 , terminates June 30, 2024. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-245 . Acts 2015, ch. 63, § 3 provided that the department of correction shall appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on judiciary and government no later than October 1, 2015, to update the committee on the department’s progress in addressing the findings set forth in the September 2014 performance audit report. Acts 2020, ch. 639, § 3 provided that the division of state audit within the office of the comptroller of the treasury shall submit a request for information to the department of correction regarding the department's progress in addressing the findings contained in the January 2020 performance audit report. The information received from the department is to be compiled by the division of state audit and submitted to the government operations joint evaluation committee on judiciary and government for review. The department shall appear before the joint evaluation committee no later than December 31, 2021, to update the committee on its progress in addressing the findings contained in the performance audit report as contained in the department's response to the information submitted to it by the division of state audit in accordance with this section. Cross-References. Creation of the department of correction, § 4-3-101 .
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Section 4-3-601 ("Creation.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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