Tennessee § 40-22-104 - Prisoner placed under commissioner.

Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-22-104 — Prisoner placed under commissioner., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 40-22-104. Prisoner placed under commissioner.

The presiding judge shall also cause to be entered on the minutes of the trial court an order reciting the reasons for the suspension of the sentence and judgment, and providing that the prisoner whose sentence has been so suspended shall, from the date of suspension, be subject to be placed under the control of the commissioner of correction, and, when so placed, shall be subject to all laws, rules and regulations pertaining to convicts on parole. The board of parole shall consider a person so committed to the custody of the department of correction using the procedures and criteria established in chapter 28 of this title. Acts 1915, ch. 135, § 2; Shan., § 7230a3; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 11824; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; Acts 1979, ch. 359, § 28; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3004; Acts 1998, ch. 1049, § 20. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 1 amended § 4-3-104 , which concerns name changes of departments and divisions, to provide that references to the board of probation and parole, formerly referred to in this section, are deemed references to the board of parole.

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