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TN Code § 40-28-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 4 - Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 40-28-402. Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision

  The governor shall establish by an executive order the following:  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;   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   Any other matters necessary for the implementation of the compact at the time it becomes effective.     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.
TN Code § 40-28-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 4 - Supervision of Adult Offenders|§ 40-28-403. Interstate Compact for Adult Supervision Registry

 The department of correction shall maintain a database consisting of a registry and associated information of those persons who have been placed on probation or parole in another state but are residing in Tennessee pursuant to the compact for out-of-state supervision, compiled in this part. The registry shall include, at a minimum, the name of the offender and, for each probationer or parolee approved for residence in this state under the interstate compact after May 30, 1997, the offender's photograph. The database shall be placed and maintained on the state of Tennessee’s internet website.
TN Code § 40-28-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 5 - Open Parole Hearings Act|§ 40-28-501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Open Parole Hearings Act.”
TN Code § 40-28-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 5 - Open Parole Hearings Act|§ 40-28-502. Applicable Requirements

  The following requirements apply to parole board hearings:  In accordance with title 8, chapter 44, part 1, parole hearings and parole revocation hearings shall be open to the public, except as provided in subsection (b); and   The vote of each board member on each formal action shall be recorded. Formal actions include, but are not limited to, the granting or denial of parole, the revocation of parole or any action taken under subsection (b).     The following exceptions and limitations apply:  The board of parole may restrict the number of individuals allowed to attend parole or parole revocation hearings in accordance with physical limitations or security requirements of the hearing facilities; and   The board may deny admission or continued attendance at parole or parole revocation hearings to individuals who:  Threaten or present a danger to the security of the institution in which the hearing is being held;   Threaten or present a danger to other attendees or participants; or   Disrupt the hearing.
TN Code § 40-28-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 5 - Open Parole Hearings Act|§ 40-28-503. Attendance Policies — Standard Victim Notification Form

  The board shall establish a policy governing attendance at board hearings and submission and use of victim impact statements. Copies of the policy shall be available upon request. The policy shall govern:  The requirement that those requesting notification of parole and parole revocation hearings keep the board advised of their current addresses and telephone numbers;   Instructions for attending and participating in parole and parole revocation hearings;   The limitations on attendance as set forth in § 40-28-502;   Reasonable limitations on oral presentations; and   Information about board discretion to investigate victim impact statements.     The board shall establish a standard victim notification form. The board shall distribute copies of the form to the victim witness coordinator in each judicial district for the state who shall make copies of the form available to the appropriate persons.
TN Code § 40-28-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 5 - Open Parole Hearings Act|§ 40-28-504. Victim Impact Statements

  The board shall receive and consider victim impact statements.   Written victim impact statements shall not be made available to the public and shall be considered confidential.   Assertions made in a victim impact statement may be investigated and verified by the board.
TN Code § 40-28-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-601. Supervision of Parolees

  The department is charged with the duty of supervising all prisoners released on parole from the prisons of the state, workhouses, jails or those accepted through the interstate compact, and of making investigation as may be necessary in connection therewith.   A probation and parole officer may, with the consent of the director, suspend direct supervision of a parolee after a successful two-year period of supervision. The parolee shall continue on parole and be subject to all rules and conditions of parole. A parolee who violates the rules and conditions may be subject to reinstatement of direct supervision or revocation of parole.
TN Code § 40-28-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-602. Director of Probation and Parole — Qualifications — Duties

  The commissioner shall appoint a director of probation and parole who shall devote full time and capacities to the duties of the office. The director shall have at least five (5) years of related administrative experience or a bachelor's or advanced degree in any of the following fields: penology, corrections work, law enforcement, law, vocational education, public administration, rehabilitation or social work, medicine or the behavioral sciences. Under the supervision of the commissioner or designee, the director of probation and parole shall:  Formulate methods of investigation, evaluation and supervision of persons under the supervision of the department;   Develop and implement various techniques relating to the casework of probation and parole officers, including, but not limited to, interviewing, organization of records, analysis of information, development of plans for supervision and the coordination of efforts by individuals and other governmental agencies involving the treatment and rehabilitation of persons released on parole;   Assist the commissioner in promulgating rules and regulations for the guidance of the probation and parole officers in the conduct of their work;   Supervise the work of the probation and parole officers;   Cooperate fully with state courts of criminal jurisdiction in all matters relating to persons who have been released on parole; and   Establish conditions of supervision for and supervise sex offenders sentenced to community supervision for life pursuant to § 39-13-524.     Nothing in this part shall be construed to diminish the authority of the courts to impose conditions of supervision on probationers under their jurisdiction pursuant to § 40-35-303(d).   The director of probation and parole shall have the authority, upon request of the governor, to issue warrants authorizing the arrest and return to their former places of incarceration of persons who are reasonably believed to have violated the conditions of their grants of executive clemency.
TN Code § 40-28-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 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.
TN Code § 40-28-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-604. Probation and Parole Officers — Qualifications

 No person shall be eligible for the position of probation and parole officer who has not received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university or had at least four (4) years of qualifying full-time professional experience.
TN Code § 40-28-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-605. Parole and Probation Officers — Powers and Duties

 The duties of probation and parole officers shall be to supervise, investigate and check on the conduct, behavior and progress of parolees and persons placed on probation by the courts or pursuant to § 40-35-501(a)(3), and assigned to them for supervision and shall make to the director or court, as appropriate, a report of the investigations, and shall perform other duties and functions as the director of probation and parole may direct.
TN Code § 40-28-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-606. Officers and Employees — Compensation and Salaries

 The director of probation and parole and the probation and parole officers shall have their compensation fixed and shall be paid as other state officials and state employees are paid.
TN Code § 40-28-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-607. Report of Violation of Parole — Declaration of Delinquency

  If the probation and parole officer having charge of a paroled prisoner has reasonable cause to believe that the prisoner has violated the conditions of parole in an important respect, the officer shall report the facts to the director of probation and parole. The director or the director's designee shall review the reports and may issue a warrant for the retaking of the prisoner if the director or the director's designee agrees that parole may have been violated in an important respect. The governor shall have the power to issue requisition for the person if the person has departed from the state.   Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a parolee has violated parole and a parole violation warrant has been issued, the director of probation and parole may declare the parolee to be delinquent and the parolee will stop earning credit for service of the parolee's sentence from the date the warrant was issued until the removal of delinquency by the board.   Section 40-28-122(f) shall apply if:  A paroled prisoner's probation and parole officer believes that the prisoner has violated the conditions of parole in an important respect based solely on the paroled prisoner being arrested on new criminal charges while on parole;   The director or the director's designee agrees that the paroled prisoner violated parole solely by being arrested for a new criminal charge and a warrant for the retaking of the paroled prisoner is issued; and   The paroled prisoner is arrested and incarcerated pending or following a parole revocation or rescission hearing.
TN Code § 40-28-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-608. Relief From Further Reports — Permission to Leave State or County

 The director may relieve a prisoner on parole from making further reports and may permit the prisoner to leave the state or county, if satisfied that this is for the best interests of society.
TN Code § 40-28-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-609. Final Discharge of Parolee

  Whenever the director is satisfied that a parolee has kept the conditions of parole in a satisfactory manner, the director shall issue to the parolee a certificate of final discharge. This final discharge from parole will be granted only after a parolee has completed the maximum sentence imposed, less diminution allowed for good and honor time and incentive time and sentence credits earned and retained. If a parolee is not eligible for a certificate of discharge because of a pending violation, parole will expire at the end of the maximum sentence less diminution for good and honor time, incentive time and sentence credits earned and retained, plus delinquent time.   This is in no way to be construed as permitting a discharge from parole for parolees with a life sentence.
TN Code § 40-28-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-113. Prisoners to Whom Applicable

 40-28-121. Arrest of parole violator — Preliminary hearing — Notice.   40-28-126. Advice as to pardons, exonerations and commutations.
TN Code § 40-28-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 28 - Probation, Paroles and Pardons|Part 6 - Probation and Parole|§ 40-28-121. Arrest of Parole Violator — Preliminary Hearing — Notice

 40-28-126. Advice as to pardons, exonerations and commutations.
TN Code § 40-29-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-29-101. Jurisdiction — Time of Application

  Persons rendered infamous or deprived of the rights of citizenship by the judgment of any state or federal court may have their full rights of citizenship restored by the circuit court.   Those pardoned, if the pardon does restore full rights of citizenship, may petition for restoration immediately after the pardon; provided, that a court shall not have jurisdiction to alter, delete or render void special conditions of a pardon pertaining to the right of suffrage.   Those convicted of an infamous crime may petition for restoration upon the expiration of the maximum sentence imposed for the infamous crime.    Code 1858, § 1994 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 3635; Code 1932, § 7183; Acts 1981, ch. 345, § 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3701; Acts 1983, ch. 207, § 2.
TN Code § 40-29-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-29-102. Petition and Proof

 The proceeding for this purpose shall be by petition to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner resides, or to the circuit court of the county in which the petitioner was convicted of an act depriving the petitioner of citizenship sustained by satisfactory proof that ever since the judgment of disqualification, the petitioner has sustained the character of a person of honesty, respectability and veracity, and is generally esteemed as such by the petitioner's neighbors.   Code 1858, § 1995 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 3656; Code 1932, § 7184; Acts 1969, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3702.
TN Code § 40-29-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-29-103. Notice to District Attorney General and to United States Attorney

 Before the petition of a person rendered infamous or deprived of the rights of citizenship by the judgment of a state court is heard, the district attorney general in whose county the petitioner currently resides and the district attorney general of the county in which the petitioner was convicted shall have twenty (20) days' notice of the petition in order that, if deemed advisable, each may resist. The United States attorney and the district attorney general in whose district the petitioner currently resides shall be given notice, with the same opportunity to resist, when the petitioner was rendered infamous or deprived of the rights of citizenship by the judgment of a federal court.   Code 1858, § 1966 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 3657; mod. Code 1932, § 7185; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3703; Acts 1983, ch. 207, § 3.   Law Reviews.   The Tennessee Court System — Prosecution, 8 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 477.
TN Code § 40-29-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-29-104. Costs

 The petitioner shall pay the costs of this application.   Code 1858, § 1997 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 2); Shan., § 3658; Code 1932, § 7186; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3704.
TN Code § 40-29-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 40-29-106. Explanation of Procedure for Restoration of Citizenship Rights

  When any nonviolent offender who was convicted of an infamous crime is granted final release from incarceration or discharged from parole, probation, pretrial or judicial diversion or community correction supervision, the sentencing court, department of correction and board of parole are urged to have the official charged with processing and effectuating the person's release or discharge provide the person with information explaining the restoration of citizenship rights procedure.   For purposes of this section, “nonviolent offender” means a person convicted of a felony that is not defined as a “violent offense” by § 40-35-120(b).
TN Code § 40-29-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 2 - Voting Rights|§ 40-29-201. Application

  The provisions and procedures of this part shall apply to and govern restoration of the right of suffrage in this state to any person who has been disqualified from exercising that right by reason of a conviction in any state or federal court of an infamous crime.   This part shall apply to any person convicted of an infamous crime after May 18, 1981.   This part shall apply only to restoration of the right of suffrage. For restoration of all other rights of citizenship forfeited as the result of a conviction for an infamous crime, part 1 of this chapter shall apply.
TN Code § 40-29-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 2 - Voting Rights|§ 40-29-202. Application for Voter Registration Card

  A person rendered infamous and deprived of the right of suffrage by the judgment of any state or federal court is eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored upon:  Receiving a pardon, except where the pardon contains special conditions pertaining to the right of suffrage;   The discharge from custody by reason of service or expiration of the maximum sentence imposed by the court for the infamous crime; or   Being granted a certificate of final discharge from supervision by the board of parole pursuant to § 40-28-105, or any equivalent discharge by another state, the federal government, or county correction authority.     Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person shall not be eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, unless the person:  Has paid all restitution to the victim or victims of the offense ordered by the court as part of the sentence; and   Beginning September 1, 2010, notwithstanding subsection (a), a person shall not be eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, unless the person has paid all court costs assessed against the person at the conclusion of the person's trial, except where the court has made a finding at an evidentiary hearing that the applicant is indigent at the time of application.     Notwithstanding subsection (a), a person shall not be eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, unless the person is current in all child support obligations.
TN Code § 40-29-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 2 - Voting Rights|§ 40-29-203. Certificate of Voting Rights Restoration

  A person eligible to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage restored, pursuant to § 40-29-202, may request, and then shall be issued, a certificate of voting rights restoration upon a form prescribed by the coordinator of elections, by:  The pardoning authority;   The warden or an agent or officer of the incarcerating authority; or   A parole officer or another agent or officer of the supervising authority.     The issuing authority shall supply the person being released with a written statement explaining the purpose and effect of the certificate of voting rights restoration and explaining the procedure by which the person may use the certificate to apply for and receive a voter registration card and become eligible to vote.   A certificate of voting rights restoration issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall be sufficient proof that the person named on the certificate is no longer disqualified from voting by reason of having been convicted of an infamous crime.   Any person issued a certificate of voting rights restoration pursuant to this section shall submit the certificate to the administrator of elections of the county in which the person is eligible to vote. The administrator of elections shall send the certificate to the coordinator of elections who shall verify that the certificate was issued in compliance with this section. Upon determining that the certificate complies with this section, the coordinator shall notify the appropriate administrator of elections and, after determining that the person is qualified to vote in that county by using the same verification procedure used for any applicant, the administrator shall grant the application for a voter registration card. The administrator shall issue a voter registration card and the card shall be mailed to the applicant in the same manner as provided for any newly issued card.
TN Code § 40-29-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 40 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 29 - Restoration of Citizenship|Part 2 - Voting Rights|§ 40-29-204. Persons Never Eligible to Register and Vote

 Notwithstanding this part, the following persons shall never be eligible to register and vote in this state:   Those convicted after July 1, 1986, of the offenses of voter fraud, treason, murder in the first degree, or aggravated rape;   Those convicted after July 1, 1996, but before July 1, 2006, of any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or any other degree of murder or rape; and   Those convicted on or after July 1, 2006, of:  Any of the offenses set out in subdivision (1) or (2);   Any other violation of title 39, chapter 16, parts 1, 4 or 5 designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court; or   Any sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 or violent sexual offense set out in § 40-39-202 that is designated as a felony or any violation containing the same elements and designated as a felony in any other state or federal court and where the victim of the offense was a minor.