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TN Code § 16-3-813 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-813. Credentialed Court Interpreter

  Any person seeking to become a credentialed court interpreter for spoken foreign languages pursuant to any rules that may be promulgated by the supreme court shall be required to supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation pursuant to § 38-6-109, the federal bureau of investigation, other law enforcement agency or any other legally authorized entity. In addition to the fee required by § 38-6-109, the sheriff or any other law enforcement agency may assess a fee of up to ten dollars ($10.00) for costs incurred in complying with this section. Any fees assessed in the criminal background records check process are the responsibility of the person seeking to be credentialed as a court interpreter of spoken foreign languages.   The administrative office of the courts (AOC) shall create and maintain a registry of those persons credentialed as court interpreters of spoken foreign languages and shall post the registry on the web site maintained by the AOC.
TN Code § 16-3-814 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-814. Integrated Criminal Justice Act of 2006

 Sections 16-3-814 — 16-3-820 shall be known and may be cited as the “Integrated Criminal Justice Act of 2006.”
TN Code § 16-3-815 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-815. Creation of the Integrated Criminal Justice Steering Committee — Purpose

 There is created an integrated criminal justice steering committee, which shall be administratively attached to the administrative office of the courts. The purpose of the integrated criminal justice steering committee is to provide the governmental and technical information systems infrastructure necessary for accomplishing state and local government public safety and justice functions in the most effective manner, by appropriately and efficiently sharing criminal justice and juvenile justice information among law enforcement agencies, judicial agencies, corrections agencies, executive agencies and political subdivisions.
TN Code § 16-3-816 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-816. Duties of the Committee

 It is the duty of the integrated criminal justice steering committee to facilitate the development of cost-effective, integrated justice information systems that maximize standardization of information and communications technology across the state's justice and justice-affiliated agencies. It is further the duty of the committee to provide the leadership, strategy, mission, vision, goals, decision-making structure and accountability processes for the integrated criminal justice system.
TN Code § 16-3-817 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-817. Goals of the Integrated Criminal Justice System

 Any integrated criminal justice system developed through the facilitation of the committee shall:   Increase public safety and improve national security;   Minimize the threat and risk of injury to specific individuals;   Minimize the threat and risk of injury to law enforcement and other first responder personnel;   Minimize the threat and risk of damage to real or personal property;   Protect individual civil rights, civil liberties, privacy rights and other protected interests;   Protect the integrity of the criminal investigatory, criminal intelligence and justice system processes and information;   Minimize reluctance of individuals or groups to use or cooperate with the justice system;   Support the role of the justice system in society;   Promote governmental legitimacy and accountability;   Not unduly burden the ongoing business of the justice system; and   Make the most effective use of public resources allocated to justice agencies.
TN Code § 16-3-818 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-818. Membership of Steering Committee — Advisory Committee Appointments — Policies and Procedures

  The membership of the steering committee shall consist of:  Director of the office of criminal justice programs or a designee;   President of the Tennessee sheriffs association or a designee;   President of the Tennessee association of chiefs of police or a designee;   Executive director of the Tennessee district attorneys general conference or a designee;   Executive director of the Tennessee district public defenders conference or a designee;   Commissioner of correction or a designee;   Chair of the board of parole or a designee;   President of the Tennessee court clerks association or a designee;   One (1) member of each body of the general assembly to be appointed by the respective speakers of the house of representatives and the senate;   Attorney general and reporter or a designee;   Tennessee chief information officer or a designee;   Director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation or a designee;   Commissioner of safety or a designee;   Director of the Tennessee office of homeland security or a designee;   Director of the administrative office of the courts or a designee;   Chief justice of the Tennessee supreme court or a designee;   Deputy commissioner of the juvenile justice division of the department of children’s services or a designee;   Director of the Tennessee emergency management agency or a designee; and   Director of the governor’s highway safety office or a designee.     The steering committee may appoint advisory council members from time to time. Advisory members may represent entities, including, but not limited to:  Municipal judges conference;   Tennessee bar association;   Tennessee county services association;   Governor’s office and lay members appointed by the governor;   Commission on children and youth;   Council of juvenile and family court judges;   Tennessee emergency communications division;   Department of revenue;   Department of commerce and insurance;   Tennessee fireman’s association; and   Alcoholic beverage commission.     The steering committee may establish policies and procedures relative to membership and operations of the steering committee on issues, including, but not limited to, election and terms of officers, voting privileges, establishment of subcommittees, cessation of membership on the steering committee and other operational issues as may be necessary to the efficient and effective operation of the steering committee.
TN Code § 16-3-819 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-819. Compensation

 The members of the steering committee, advisory council and subcommittees shall serve without compensation, but shall be eligible for  reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the provisions of the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 16-3-820 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 8 - Administrative Office of the Courts|§ 16-3-820. Hiring of Personnel to Manage Integrated Criminal Justice Projects

 The administrative office of the courts (AOC) shall be empowered to hire personnel to manage integrated criminal justice projects and to be responsible for day-to-day operations. In making the personnel decisions, the director of the AOC shall consult with the steering committee.
TN Code § 16-3-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-901. Creation

 There is created the private probation services council.
TN Code § 16-3-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-902. Purpose

 The purpose of the council is to ensure that uniform professional and contract standards are practiced and maintained by private corporations, enterprises and entities engaged in rendering general misdemeanor probation supervision, counseling and collection services to the courts.
TN Code § 16-3-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-903. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Council” means the private probation services council;   “Governing authority” means the elected body of any county, municipality or metropolitan government with statutory power to enter into written contracts with corporations, enterprises or entities to provide public services; and   “Private entity” means a privately owned and operated corporation, enterprise or entity that contracts to provide general probation supervision, counseling or collection services for persons convicted of a misdemeanor and placed on probation.
TN Code § 16-3-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-904. Attachment to Appropriate State Entity

 The commissioner of finance and administration shall attach the council to the appropriate state entity for administrative purposes.
TN Code § 16-3-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-905. Membership

  The council shall consist of the following seven (7) voting members:  Four (4) members who shall be appointed to serve for four-year terms as follows:  One (1) criminal court judge who shall be appointed by the president of the Tennessee judicial conference, representing a judicial district within which one (1) or more private entities provide probation services; and   Three (3) general sessions court judges who shall be appointed by the president of the Tennessee general sessions judges conference, representing counties within which one (1) or more private entities provide probation services; and     Three (3) members who shall be appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms as follows:  One (1) publicly employed probation officer;   One (1) private probation officer or individual with expertise in private probation service by virtue of training or employment; and   One (1) county commissioner.       Subsequent vacancies on the council shall be filled in the same manner as initially filled.
TN Code § 16-3-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-906. Officers

 The council shall annually elect from its membership a chair, vice chair and other officers as deemed expedient.
TN Code § 16-3-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-907. Staff

 The state entity to which the council is attached for administrative purposes shall provide staff services for the council.
TN Code § 16-3-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-908. Meetings

 The council shall meet at such times and places as necessary and convenient.
TN Code § 16-3-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-909. Duties of Council — Fingerprint Sample and Criminal History Records Check — Reinstatement of License — Promulgation of Rules and Regulations

  The purpose of the council is to ensure that uniform professional and contract standards are practiced and maintained by private corporations, enterprises and entities rendering general misdemeanor probation supervision, counseling and collection services to the courts. To such end, the council shall:  Provide oversight of private entities;   Promulgate uniform professional standards and uniform contract standards for private entities;   Establish forty (40) hours of orientation for new private probation officers and eight (8) hours of annual continuing education;   Promulgate rules and regulations regarding noncompliance with the uniform professional standards and uniform contract standards;   Promulgate rules and regulations requiring periodic registration of all private entities; and   Publish an annual summary report.   [Deleted by 2019 amendment.]     The council:  May reinstate a license upon the payment of a renewal fee, as set by the council; and   Shall establish a late renewal fee, to be equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the registration fee.     All rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (a) shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.    All private probation officers to be employed by entities providing private probation services pursuant to this part shall:  Be required to supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation (TBI) and the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) or other vendor contracted for the same purposes prior to being employed with such entities; and   Agree that the TBI may send to the council information indicating the results of the criminal history records check. The results will indicate whether the applicant has a criminal conviction that would result in a private probation officer being denied employment by such entities.     The applicant shall pay any reasonable costs incurred by the TBI or FBI, or both, in conducting an investigation of an applicant for employment as a private probation officer. In lieu of additional criminal history records checks for subsequent applications for employment, the applicant may submit copies of the applicant's initial criminal history records check documentation and shall not be required to pay any additional costs.
TN Code § 16-3-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-910. Powers of the Council

 The council has the power:   To establish fees sufficient to pay the annual expenses of the council; and   In a lawful proceeding under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, assess civil penalties, in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, for violations of statutes, rules or orders enforceable by the council.
TN Code § 16-3-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 3 - Supreme Court|Part 9 - Private Probation Services Council|§ 16-3-911. Probation Contracts With Private Entities

 No public officer or employee of a governing authority who is involved in making or administering a contract with a private entity that is governed by the council and that provides probation services may derive any direct benefit from the contract.
TN Code § 16-10-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-101. General Jurisdiction

 The circuit court is a court of general jurisdiction, and the judge of the circuit court shall administer right and justice according to law, in all cases where the jurisdiction is not conferred upon another tribunal.   Code 1858, § 4225 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 7); Shan., § 6063; Code 1932, § 10318; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-501.
TN Code § 16-10-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-102. Criminal Jurisdiction

 The circuit court has exclusive original jurisdiction of all crimes and misdemeanors, either at common law or by statute, unless otherwise expressly provided by statute or this code.   Code 1858, § 4226 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, § 3); Shan., § 6064; mod. Code 1932, § 10319; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-502.
TN Code § 16-10-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-103. Will Contests

 The circuit court has jurisdiction to try and determine all issues made up to contest the validity of last wills and testaments.   Code 1858, § 4227 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 9); Shan., § 6065; Code 1932, § 10320; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-503; Acts 1991, ch. 152, § 1.
TN Code § 16-10-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-104. Restoration of Citizenship

 The circuit court has exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine applications to be restored to citizenship, made by persons who have been rendered infamous by the judgment of any court of this state.   Code 1858, § 4228 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 30, § 1); Shan., § 6066; Code 1932, § 10321; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-504.
TN Code § 16-10-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-105. Arbitrations and Agreed Cases

 The circuit court has jurisdiction to enter judgments on awards of arbitrators and to hear and determine agreed cases.   Code 1858, § 4229 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 173); Shan., § 6067; Code 1932, § 10322; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-505.
TN Code § 16-10-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-106. Contractual Debts and Demands

 The circuit court has jurisdiction, concurrent with courts of general sessions, to the extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of general sessions, of all debts and demands on contract over fifty dollars ($50.00).   Code 1858, § 4230 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 7); Shan., § 6068; Code 1932, § 10323; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-506.
TN Code § 16-10-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-107. Change of Name — Legitimation

 The circuit court and the chancery court have concurrent jurisdiction to change and alter the names of persons and to legitimate children.   Code 1858, § 4231 (deriv. Acts 1805, ch. 2); Shan., § 6069; Code 1932, § 10324; impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 202; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-507; Acts 1984, ch. 682, § 1.
TN Code § 16-10-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-108. Divorce — Adoption — Trustees

 The circuit court has concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery court to grant divorces, to authorize the adoption of children, to release testamentary and other trustees, and to appoint trustees in place of those released or dead, and also to decree, on petitions of trustees, by will or otherwise, for the sale of property, real or personal.   Code 1858, § 4232 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, § 4; 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1; 1845-1846, ch. 194; 1847-1848, ch. 13); Shan., § 6070; Code 1932, § 10325; Acts 1951, ch. 202, § 40 (Williams, § 9572.52); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-508.
TN Code § 16-10-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-109. Partition and Sale of Property

 The circuit court has concurrent jurisdiction with the chancery and county courts to make partition and distribution; and, for this purpose, to sell property, real or personal, if necessary, or manifestly to the interest of the parties; and to sell land to pay debts of decedents where the personal assets are insufficient.   Code 1858, § 4233 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, § 4; 1835-1836, ch. 20, § 1); Shan., § 6071; Code 1932, § 10326; Acts 1976, ch. 529, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-509.
TN Code § 16-10-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-110. Abatement of Nuisances

 The circuit court is clothed with all the powers of the chancery court to abate nuisances, in an action brought for recovery of damages resulting from a nuisance, upon the finding of a jury that the subject matter of a complaint is a nuisance, and judgment entered thereon.   Code 1858, § 4235; Shan., § 6073; Code 1932, § 10328; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-510.
TN Code § 16-10-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-111. Equity Powers

 Any suit of an equitable nature, brought in the circuit court, where objection has not been taken to the jurisdiction, may be transferred to the chancery court of the county, or heard and determined by the circuit court upon the principles of a court of equity, with power to order and take all proper accounts, and otherwise to perform the functions of a chancery court.   Code 1858, § 4236 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 152, § 9); Shan., § 6074; mod. Code 1932, § 10329; Acts 1972, ch. 565, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-511.
TN Code § 16-10-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-112. Appellate Jurisdiction

 The circuit court has an appellate jurisdiction of all suits and actions, of whatsoever nature, unless otherwise provided, instituted before any inferior jurisdiction, whether brought by appeal, certiorari, or in any other manner prescribed by law.   Code 1858, § 4234 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 19, § 3); Shan., § 6072; mod. Code 1932, § 10327; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-512.
TN Code § 16-10-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 1 - Jurisdiction and Powers|§ 16-10-113. Jurisdiction of Contract Enforcement

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, contracts for goods or services between individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, governmental entities or limited liability companies are enforceable in either circuit or chancery court in the county where:   The defendant may be found;   The contract was executed;   The goods were provided or were to be provided; or   Services were rendered or were to be rendered.
TN Code § 16-10-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 2 - Operation|§ 16-10-201. Duty of Judge to Attend Court — Adjournment by Clerk

 It is the duty of the circuit judge to attend and hold court at the time appointed by law; but if for any reason the circuit judge fails to appear, the clerk of the court may open and adjourn the court from time to time to some future day or days, or, if the clerk thinks the rights and interests of litigants or the business of the court require it, may so open and adjourn the court to some future day or days subsequent to the time allowed by law in which to hold such court. If no judge attends by four o'clock p.m. (4:00 p.m.) on the day to which the clerk last adjourned the court, then the court shall be adjourned by the clerk to the court in course.   Code 1858, § 4220 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 5); Acts 1901, ch. 16, § 1; 1907, ch. 592, § 1; Shan., § 6058; mod. Code 1932, § 10313; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-515; Acts 1984, ch. 931, § 17.
TN Code § 16-10-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 16 - Courts|Chapter 10 - Circuit and Criminal Courts|Part 2 - Operation|§ 16-10-202. Days Court Not Held

 If, from any cause, the court is not held on any day after it has been opened, there shall be no discontinuance; but, as soon as the cause is removed, the court may proceed to business as before.   Code 1858, § 4222 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 5, § 5); Shan., § 6060; Code 1932, § 10315; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 16-516; Acts 1984, ch. 931, § 18.