SENATE BILL 254 By Gardenhire HOUSE BILL 489 By Farmer HB0489 001802 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-36-105(2), is amended by deleting the subdivision and substituting: (2) Conduct statewide public education concerning the purposes and goals of this chapter and submit a report by February 1 of each year, to the committee of the house of representatives with jurisdiction over subject matters pertaining to criminal justice, judiciary committee of the senate, and fiscal review committee regarding the effectiveness of diversion of offenders from state correctional institutions; SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.