Tennessee § 40-28-603 - Parole and probation officers — Appointment.
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§ 40-28-603. Parole and probation officers — Appointment.
The commissioner shall appoint probation and parole officers who shall be supervised by the director of probation and parole. The probation and parole officers shall be placed within districts or other locations as may be designated by the commissioner, and shall devote their full time and capacities to the duties of their office. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 43. Compiler's Notes. For the preamble to the act concerning transfers of certain functions relating to probation and parole services and the community correction grant program from the board of probation and parole to the department of correction, please refer to Acts 2012, ch. 727. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 63 provided that the implementation of the act, which enacted this part, shall be fully accomplished on or before January 1, 2013.
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