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Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-402: Council for interstate adult offender supervision

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  1. TN Code
  2. Title 40
  3. Chapter 28

(a) The governor shall establish by an executive order the following: (1) The initial composition and terms of the Tennessee council for interstate adult offender supervision required by article III, paragraph B, of the Interstate Compact for Supervision of Adult Offenders. Members will be appointed by the governor to those positions, except that any positions representing the legislative branch shall be made jointly by the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate and any positions representing the judicial branch shall be made by the chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court; (2) The qualifications and terms of the compact administrator required by article II, paragraph C, of that compact shall be determined by the state council; and (3) Any other matters necessary for the implementation of the compact at the time it becomes effective. (b) Except as provided by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2), the department of correction may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement and administer the compact after it goes into effect. Acts 2002, ch. 805, § 3; 2012, ch. 727, § 41.

(a) The governor shall establish by an executive order the following: (1) The initial composition and terms of the Tennessee council for interstate adult offender supervision required by article III, paragraph B, of the Interstate Compact for Supervision of Adult Offenders. Members will be appointed by the governor to those positions, except that any positions representing the legislative branch shall be made jointly by the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate and any positions representing the judicial branch shall be made by the chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court; (2) The qualifications and terms of the compact administrator required by article II, paragraph C, of that compact shall be determined by the state council; and (3) Any other matters necessary for the implementation of the compact at the time it becomes effective.

(1) The initial composition and terms of the Tennessee council for interstate adult offender supervision required by article III, paragraph B, of the Interstate Compact for Supervision of Adult Offenders. Members will be appointed by the governor to those positions, except that any positions representing the legislative branch shall be made jointly by the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate and any positions representing the judicial branch shall be made by the chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court;

(2) The qualifications and terms of the compact administrator required by article II, paragraph C, of that compact shall be determined by the state council; and

(3) Any other matters necessary for the implementation of the compact at the time it becomes effective.

(b) Except as provided by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2), the department of correction may promulgate any rules and regulations necessary to implement and administer the compact after it goes into effect.

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