SB3455 - Tennessee: Judges And Chancellors, Probation And Parole

Companion Bill HB3514. Probation and Parole - Requires judges in counties with populations over 400,000 to rotate amongst private probation service providers; penalty for influencing rotation process is Class C misdemeanor. - Amends TCA Section 16-3-909. Fiscal Summary for *SB3455 / HB3514Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3455 / HB3514 This bill requires: (1) The private probation services council to provide to the general sessions and criminal courts in Davidson and Shelby counties, a list of qualified entities to provide private probation services; and (2) Each judge who utilizes the services of private probation services to rotate the use of each company that is qualified and approved to operate in the judicial district where the judge serves. [...]

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