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TN Code § 4-6-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-125. Vouchers — Officer's Certification

 Each voucher shall contain a statement of the managing officer certifying that:   The supplies and materials purchased conformed to the contract and samples, and the improvements or repairs made or special services rendered were fully satisfactory;   The approving officer was in no way financially interested in the transaction to which the same relates; and   The approving officer has full knowledge of the value of the purchase or work or service in question.
TN Code § 4-6-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-126. Vouchers — Form of Certificate — Temporary Employment Payrolls

 The statement provided for in § 4-6-125 shall be made according to forms provided by the commissioner of correction; provided, that payrolls for temporary employees in cases of emergency may be made at any time after the services are performed, but all such payrolls shall be certified by the managing officer in the same manner as other vouchers, who shall also certify that each person named in the payroll actually rendered the services for the time and at the rate charged therein.
TN Code § 4-6-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-127. Control of Funds by Treasurer — Disposition of Collections

  The state treasurer has charge of all funds under the jurisdiction of the department having control of the penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102, and shall pay out the same only in accordance with this chapter.   The moneys designated and approved by the commissioners of correction and finance and administration as salary and contingent funds in the monthly estimates shall be placed not later than the first day of each month in the hands of the managing officer of each penitentiary or under the managing officer's control, who shall act as treasurer thereof.   Moneys collected from various sources, such as the sale of goods, farm products and all miscellaneous articles, shall be transmitted on or before Monday of each week to the state treasurer, and a detailed statement of such collections made to the commissioner of correction by each managing officer.
TN Code § 4-6-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-128. Appropriations — Classification

  The appropriations for state penal, reformatory or charitable institutions shall be of three (3) classes:  Maintenance;   Ordinary repairs and improvements; and   Specific purposes.     Appropriations for specific purposes shall cover all items for construction, extraordinary repairs and purchase of land and shall be used only for the institutions and purposes specified therein.
TN Code § 4-6-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-129. Appropriations — Requests

 Each superintendent and warden of an institution named in § 4-6-102 shall, before each session of the general assembly, present to the department of correction an itemized list of appropriations desired for maintenance, repairs, and improvements and special purposes as such superintendent or warden considers necessary for the period of time to be covered by appropriations.
TN Code § 4-6-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-130. Appropriations — Tabulation of Requests — Presentation to General Assembly

 The commissioner having control of such institution shall tabulate such statements with the commissioner's recommendations. It shall then be the duty of the commissioner to present the needs of the institutions to the general assembly.
TN Code § 4-6-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-131. Appropriations — Maintenance Allowance Included in Requests

 For the purpose of requesting appropriations from the general assembly, a per capita allowance for the inmates, patients and pupils of each of the institutions shall be arrived at and a total allowance for maintenance asked for on the basis of actual number and estimated increase.
TN Code § 4-6-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-132. Appropriations — Special Needs Itemized in Requests

 Every special need shall be itemized and the appropriation asked for that specific purpose.
TN Code § 4-6-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-133. Appropriations — Information on Requests

 The commissioner of correction shall furnish to the governor and to the general assembly such information as may be required regarding appropriations requested.
TN Code § 4-6-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-134. Appropriations — Commissioner's Control

 It is the intent that all requests for appropriations for penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102 shall be placed under sole control of the commissioner having control of such penitentiary, and that appropriations for the maintenance and for ordinary repairs and improvements thereof shall be made to the commissioner in single sums to be used for the several penitentiaries according to their varying needs.
TN Code § 4-6-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-135. Sale of Mining or Industrial Products — Approval of Contracts

  All contracts covering the sale or disposal of the output of the state mines, or any factories or industries operated by the state, must be submitted to the commissioner of correction for the commissioner's approval.   All such contracts shall, before the same become effective, be transmitted, with all papers and recommendations, to the commissioner, and shall be effective only from the date of their approval.
TN Code § 4-6-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-136. Sale of Mining Products — Contracts Authorized

  The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the commissioner of general services, is hereby authorized to make such disposition by way of sale of slate and other waste products of the coal mines owned and operated by the state as the commissioner of correction may deem fit and proper.   To this end, the commissioner of correction is authorized to enter into contracts for the sale thereof for a period of time not in excess of ten (10) years, such contracts to be upon such terms as may be mutually agreeable to the commissioner of correction, the commissioner of general services and the contracting party.   “Other waste products” as used in subsection (a) includes coal dust.
TN Code § 4-6-137 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-137. Sale of Mining Products — Petros Mines

 The commissioner of correction, by and with the consent and approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into such contracts for the sale of all coal mined at the state mines, situated at Petros, as are permitted by § 41-22-106, the contracts to be made at such prices and covering such periods of time as, in the opinion of the commissioner, will best subserve and protect the interests of the state and the welfare of the inmates. The contracts are to be made and entered into without the necessity of advertising.
TN Code § 4-6-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-138. Use of Inmates for Personal Gain

 It is unlawful for any person having supervision or control of inmates of the department of correction to use, or allow to be used, such inmates for personal gain or to allow such inmates to work on private property, except as provided by law.
TN Code § 4-6-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-139. Unlawful Use of Inmates — Class E Felony

 A violation of § 4-6-138 is a Class E felony.
TN Code § 4-6-140 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-140. Records of Inmates

  The commissioner of correction shall keep in the commissioner's own office, accessible only to the commissioner's secretary, and proper clerks, except by the commissioner's consent, or the orders of the judge of a court of record, a record showing the name, residence, sex, age, nativity, occupation, condition and date of entrance or commitment of every inmate, patient or pupil in the several institutions governed by the commissioner, the date, cause and terms of discharge, and the conditions of such person at the time of leaving, and also all transfers from one (1) institution to another, and, if dead, the date and cause.   These and such other facts as the commissioner may, from time to time, require shall be furnished by the managing officer of each institution, within ten (10) days after the commitment, entrance, death or discharge of an inmate, patient or pupil, and the managing officer shall make a special report within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, giving the circumstances as fully as possible.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all inmate records and the information contained therein shall be open for public inspection. Any information contained in an inmate record that is otherwise made confidential by § 10-7-504, shall remain confidential. The commissioner has the authority to delete from any such record the name of, or any identifying information concerning, any department employee, law enforcement officer or informant or other inmate if, in the commissioner's opinion, public disclosure of such name or information would place the safety of such employee, law enforcement officer, informant or inmate in jeopardy. If the commissioner determines that a name or identifying information cannot be deleted in a manner sufficient to protect any such person, the commissioner may refuse to disclose the document in which such name or identifying information appears.
TN Code § 4-6-141 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-141. Investigations Ordered by Governor

 The governor, in the governor's discretion, may at any time order an investigation by the department having control of the management of any penal, reformatory or charitable institution of the state, and, in making such investigation, the commissioner has the power to send for persons and papers, and to administer oaths and affirmations, and the report of such investigation, with the testimony, shall be made to the governor, and shall be submitted by the governor, with the governor's suggestions, to the general assembly.
TN Code § 4-6-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-142. Interstate Traveling Expenses

 No expenditures for traveling expenses to other states, or for attending an interstate or national convention or association, shall be made by any member or employee of the department of correction or by any officer of an institution under its control, unless authority is granted by the commissioner of correction, by a writing, stating the purpose and reason therefor.
TN Code § 4-6-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-143. Special School District of Penal and Reformatory Institutions

  The penal and reformatory institutions under the control of the commissioner of correction shall be a special school district, which shall be given the same funding consideration for federal funds that special schools within the state are given.   The schools within such institutions shall be under the control of the commissioner who shall serve as the board of education and director of schools for such district.    The schools shall meet the requirements of the law for public schools and rules and regulations of the state board of education.   The commissioner of education may grant waivers for such provisions of the law and regulations with which the schools cannot comply because of the penal and reformatory function of the institutions on an annual basis and in response to the director of education's written request and justification. Such exceptions shall be in writing.      Each teacher in the special school district shall receive annual compensation at a rate of one tenth (1/10) times twelve (12) of the annual compensation in effect in the county in which the respective institution is located or one tenth (1/10) times twelve (12) of the average of the annual compensation of all the counties that are contiguous with the county in which the respective institution is located, whichever is greater, solely out of the state appropriations made to the respective institutions.   This subsection (d) shall not act to reduce the compensation currently paid any teacher in the special school district.   To the extent such resources are available, federal funding resources shall be utilized to meet increased costs resulting from implementation of this subsection (d).   Longevity shall not be paid to teachers in the special school district under both §§ 8-23-206 and 49-5-402.     The commissioner of correction shall develop and implement a plan whereby there shall be sufficient substitute teachers available for temporary service as needed for each school composing the special school district.   Nothing in the language of this section shall be construed as prohibiting any local school district from issuing a diploma to a resident of a state correctional institution, upon certification of the principal of a state correctional school. School records of any juvenile in the correctional programs who is issued a diploma by a local school district shall be maintained by such local school district; provided, that all references to the juvenile's commitment to and treatment by the department of children's services are expunged.   The special school district of penal and reformatory institutions shall have the powers, privileges and authority exercised or capable of exercise by any other school district.   The effect of this section shall not be to provide state funds to the special school district of penal and reformatory institutions through the basic education program (BEP).
TN Code § 4-6-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-144. Library Region for Penal and Reformatory Institutions

  There is created a library region to be composed of the penal and reformatory institutions under the control of the department of correction.   The library shall have a branch library at each of the penal and reformatory institutions.   A librarian shall be appointed who shall serve as a consultant in the state library and archives, public library section.   The commissioner of correction shall ensure that penal and reformatory institutions shall comply with the requirements for libraries as provided in title 10, chapter 5, part 1, except for such provisions of any law, rule or regulation that conflicts with the primary penal and reformatory function of such institutions.
TN Code § 4-6-145 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-145. Information From Clerks, Superintendents, and Jailers

 The clerks of all trial courts exercising criminal jurisdiction, the superintendents of all local workhouses, and all jailers shall, upon the request of the department of correction, furnish to the department pertinent information relating to felony offenders committed to local workhouses and jails, including the names of offenders, offenses committed, sentences imposed, presentence reports and all other information deemed relevant by the department for long-term correctional planning.
TN Code § 4-6-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-146. Confiscation of Contraband

  The commissioner of correction is authorized to permanently confiscate weapons, alcohol, controlled substances, controlled substance analogues, cash and other items that could be detrimental to institutional security or adversely affect an inmate's rehabilitation, if such items have been specifically designated as contraband by the commissioner, and such items are found on the grounds of any institution under the supervision of the department of correction.   “Contraband” does not include cash lawfully in possession of an inmate for allowable purposes within an institution.
TN Code § 4-6-147 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-147. Confiscated Cash Fund

  There is established a separate department of correction confiscated cash fund.   All moneys collected as contraband from the inmate population at any of the facilities operated by or under the authority of the department of correction shall be paid over to the department of correction for deposit into the fund established by this section.   The purpose of the fund is to enhance the department's ability to combat drug trafficking in facilities operated by or under the authority of the department of correction through the use of accepted investigative techniques and interdiction efforts, including, but not limited to, the use of canine units. Any moneys within the fund shall be withdrawn or expended only for accepted drug trafficking investigative techniques and interdiction efforts, including, but not limited to, the purchasing, training and maintenance of the department's canine units. Accounting procedures for the financial administration of the funds shall be in keeping with those prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.    Moneys retained in the confiscated cash fund shall be invested by the state treasurer under appropriate rules and regulations to the end that adequate funds will be available for the purposes of this section.   Revenue that is produced for the confiscated cash fund shall not revert to the state general fund and shall not be subject to impoundment or allotment reserve, but shall be managed on a revolving no-quarter basis.
TN Code § 4-6-148 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-148. Temporary Retention of Disabled Correctional Officer or Youth Service Worker

 Whenever a correctional officer or youth service worker is injured in the line of duty and such injury disables such person from performing such person's regular duties, whether such disability is temporary or permanent, it is lawful for the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner of children's services, as appropriate, in such commissioner's sound discretion and with the approval of the governor and the attorney general and reporter, to retain such injured disabled employee upon the regular payroll of the department of correction or the department of children's services, as appropriate, until the person's claim for compensation for such disability is determined by the division of claims and risk management.
TN Code § 4-6-149 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-6-149. Eligibility to Receive Credit Towards Receipt of Occupational License for Occupational, Career, or Technical Training in Schools or Correctional Institution

  Persons who receive certified occupational, career, or technical training in schools or correctional institutions pursuant to this chapter are eligible to receive equivalent credit towards the receipt of an occupational license relating to the training received.    The occupational, career, or technical training received pursuant to this chapter must be consistent with the requirements for licensure by licensing authorities in order for persons to be eligible for equivalent credit under subsection (a).   Any person aggrieved by the decision of a licensing authority concerning eligibility for equivalent credit under this section may appeal to the commissioner of commerce and insurance or the commissioner's designee for a determination of whether the training meets the requirements for licensure. An appeal under this subdivision (b)(2) must be conducted in the same manner as is provided in § 4-5-322, for a contested case hearing under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title.     The commissioner of commerce and insurance, in collaboration with the commissioner of correction and the various departments charged with supervision of licensing authorities shall promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of chapter 492 of the Public Acts of 2019. All rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title.   This section applies to all professions and occupations regulated under title 62.
TN Code § 4-6-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 2 - Volunteer Inmate Work Program|§ 4-6-201. Creation of Program — Criteria

  There is established a volunteer inmate work program in the department of correction for minimum risk inmates.   The department shall, by rules and regulations promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in chapter 5 of this title, establish criteria for participation in such program. Such rules and regulations shall also develop criteria for work projects pursuant to such program, including, but not limited to, the following:  Public works projects;   Conservation projects; and   Rehabilitation of cemeteries.
TN Code § 4-6-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions|Part 2 - Volunteer Inmate Work Program|§ 4-6-202. Funding

 Funds available for the development and implementation of a volunteer inmate work program and for construction of a facility or facilities to house inmates participating in such programs to help alleviate over-crowding in existing institutions shall be as provided by the general appropriations act. Any such facility shall be constructed by volunteer prison labor.
TN Code § 4-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 4 - State Government|Chapter 7 - Highway Patrol|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 4-7-101. Establishment — Personnel

 There shall be a police force to be known and designated as the Tennessee highway patrol, which shall consist of one (1) chief and such other personnel as may be designated by the commissioner of safety, with the approval of the governor.