Tennessee § 16-22-101 - Short title.

§ 16-22-101. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Drug Court Treatment Act of 2003.” Acts 2003, ch. 335, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Former ch. 22, §§ 16-22-101 — 16-22-105 (Acts 1957, ch. 409, § 1; 1961, ch. 98, §§ 1-3; 1965, ch. 215, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 16-1001 — 16-1005), which created the position of cost accountant and budget officer in the judicial branch, was repealed by Acts 1981, ch. 21, § 2. Attorney General Opinions. If a probationer satisfied the requirements of participation in the “drug court program,” and participation in the program was ordered as a modification of the conditions of probation pursuant to a revocation hearing, then a drug court could assume jurisdiction over the probation by transfer of the probation to the drug court, OAG 03-164 (12/23/03). As long as participation in the “drug court program” was ordered as a condition of the probation after a revocation hearing, defendant satisfied the criteria for participation in the program, and the case was one where the general sessions and circuit courts had concurrent jurisdiction, then a drug court would be able to accept a transfer of probation for a misdemeanant sentenced to probation in a general sessions court, OAG 03-164 (12/23/03). As circuit courts are courts of general jurisdiction and maintain exclusive original jurisdiction over criminal matters, a circuit court or drug court created by a circuit court would have subject matter jurisdiction over any criminal case in that judicial district, OAG 03-164 (12/23/03). Just as a sentence of probation may be transferred from one jurisdiction to another, there is nothing in the Tennessee code that would prevent a sentence of probation from being transferred from one division of a circuit court to another, OAG 03-164 (12/23/03). Drug court treatment program participant facing sanctions, but not termination from program, for infractions—notice and hearing rights; recusal of judge. OAG 11-10, 2011 Tenn. AG LEXIS 10 (1/18/11). Cited: State v. Stewart, — S.W.3d —, 2010 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 691 (Tenn. Crim. App. Aug. 18, 2010).