Tennessee § 41-1-507 - Governor's report to legislative committees and attorney general and reporter.

§ 41-1-507. Governor's report to legislative committees and attorney general and reporter.

Each month or part of a month that a state of prison overcrowding exists that results in the invocation of powers authorized by this part, the governor shall transmit to the state and local government committee of the senate, the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections, and the attorney general and reporter the following information on any inmates who were granted early parole or whose commitment was delayed: The number of inmates in each category; The distribution of offenses for which inmates in each category were convicted; The length of sentences of inmates in each category; The amount of time served by inmates granted early parole; The amount of time inmates granted early parole were released prior to regular parole eligibility or release classification dates; and Any other information concerning early releases on parole or delayed commitments that may be requested by the state and local government committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections. Within thirty (30) days of the end of a state of prison overcrowding emergency, the governor shall also transmit a summary of the information listed in this section to the officials listed in this section. The summary shall be applicable to all inmates granted early parole or whose commitment was delayed during the most recent state of prison overcrowding emergency. The commissioner shall report to the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives the number of early releases by primary offense whenever inmates are granted early parole under this part. Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 5, §§ 19, 51; 1998, ch. 1049, § 55; 2011, ch. 410, § 2(c); 2012, ch. 925, §§ 1, 2; 2013, ch. 236, § 64; 2019, ch. 345, § 64; 2020, ch. 711, § 6. Compiler's Notes. For the Preamble to the act concerning the prohibition against establishment of a special committee if there is a standing committee on the same subject, please refer to Acts 2011, ch. 410. 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 subsection (c), are deemed references to the board of parole. Amendments. The 2019 amendment substituted “committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections” for “state government committee of the house of representatives” in (a), (a)(6), and (c). The 2020 amendment, in (c), substituted “commissioner shall report” for “commissioner and the chair of the board of parole shall report monthly and publicly”, substituted “state government committee of the house of representatives” for “committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections”, and added “whenever inmates are granted early parole under this part”. Effective Dates. Acts 2019, ch. 345, § 148. May 10, 2019. Acts 2020, ch. 711, § 11. June 15, 2020. Law Reviews. Life-Without-Parole: An Alternative to Death or Not Much of a Life at All?, 43 Vand. L. Rev. 529 (1990).