# Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-103: Purposes of chapter

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-103
- **Heading:** Purposes of chapter
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 40 / Chapter 36 / Section 40-36-103

## Text

The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Establish a mechanism for using state funds to contract with local governments and qualified private entities to develop community-based alternatives to incarceration that provide a treatment-centered pathway and community-based supervision for offenders, thereby reserving state penal institution, local jail, or workhouse bed space for other offenders; (2) Facilitate the growth of treatment-centered pathways to alleviate geographical disparities in Tennessee with respect to the availability of such pathways available to judges at sentencing; and (3) Reduce the number of felony offenders committed to state penal institutions, local jails, and workhouses for whom a treatment-centered pathway and appropriate evidence-based community supervision will result in less recidivism and more effective outcomes. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 483, s 1, eff. 6/30/2023. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 409, s 12, eff. 7/1/2021. Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 3, § 3.
The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) Establish a mechanism for using state funds to contract with local governments and qualified private entities to develop community-based alternatives to incarceration that provide a treatment-centered pathway and community-based supervision for offenders, thereby reserving state penal institution, local jail, or workhouse bed space for other offenders;
(2) Facilitate the growth of treatment-centered pathways to alleviate geographical disparities in Tennessee with respect to the availability of such pathways available to judges at sentencing; and
(3) Reduce the number of felony offenders committed to state penal institutions, local jails, and workhouses for whom a treatment-centered pathway and appropriate evidence-based community supervision will result in less recidivism and more effective outcomes.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 483, s 1, eff. 6/30/2023.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 409, s 12, eff. 7/1/2021.
Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 3, § 3.

## Nearby sections

- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-101 Short title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-101.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-102 Chapter definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-102.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-103 Purposes of chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-103.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-104 Goals of this chapter - Use of funding - Appropriation of funding](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-104.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-105 Duties of the department of correction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-105.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-106 Eligible offenders](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-106.md)
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- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-301 Eligibility for financial aid](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-301.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-302 Community-based options and services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-302.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-303 Prohibited use of funds - Administrative costs - Accounting system - Annual audit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-303.md)
- [Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-36-304 Community corrections plan - Funding criteria - Participation in and withdrawal from chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TN_T40_C36_S40-36-304.md)
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