Purpose of chapter
Known as the County Correctional Incentives Act
The act spans §§ 41–41 (18 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 573 F. Supp. 200 - Nishiyama v. Dickson County, Tenn. (1983)
Most recently applied in Friedmann v. Corrections Corp. of America (September 2009)
Acts 1981, ch. 491, § 2; T.C.A., § 41-10-102.
This chapter provides financial incentives to counties to house additional nondangerous felony offenders locally. The purpose of the chapter is to mutually benefit state and county governments by:
(1) Helping alleviate overcrowding in state correctional facilities and reducing high operation costs; and
(2) Assisting counties in upgrading local correctional facilities and programs.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.