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| 5 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL 36 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Davis |
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| 8 | 7 | | |
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| 9 | 8 | | HB0036 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 000669 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 12 | 11 | | |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40 |
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| 14 | 13 | | and Title 41, relative to inmates. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-501, is amended by deleting |
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| 18 | 17 | | subdivision (x)(1) and substituting: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (x) |
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| 20 | 19 | | (1) Notwithstanding this part or chapter 28, part 1 of this title to the |
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| 21 | 20 | | contrary, the commissioner of correction may certify as eligible for parole an |
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| 22 | 21 | | inmate who: |
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| 23 | 22 | | (A) Is at least fifty-five (55) years of age; |
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| 24 | 23 | | (B) Has served a minimum of ten (10) years in custody; |
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| 25 | 24 | | (C) Is not serving a sentence for: |
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| 26 | 25 | | (i) A violent sexual offense, as defined in § 40-39-202; or |
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| 27 | 26 | | (ii) More than one (1) conviction for first degree murder, |
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| 28 | 27 | | pursuant to § 39-13-202, or facilitation of first degree murder; and |
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| 29 | 28 | | (D) Is not serving a sentence of imprisonment for life without |
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| 30 | 29 | | possibility of parole. |
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| 31 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 41-21-227, is amended by deleting |
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| 32 | 31 | | subdivision (i)(2)(A) and substituting: |
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| 33 | 32 | | (2) |
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| 34 | 33 | | (A) Subdivision (i)(1) applies only to inmates who, due to the inmate's |
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| 35 | 34 | | chronically debilitated or incapacitated medical condition: |
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| 36 | 35 | | |
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| 37 | 36 | | |
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| 38 | 37 | | - 2 - 000669 |
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| 39 | 38 | | |
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| 40 | 39 | | (i) Have a medical prognosis of mortality within one (1) year or |
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| 41 | 40 | | less; or |
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| 42 | 41 | | (ii) Are no longer able to perform at least one (1) of the activities |
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| 43 | 42 | | of daily living in a prison environment. |
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| 44 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |
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