16-3-905 - Membership.
16-3-905. Membership.
(a) The council shall consist of the following seven (7) voting members:
(1) Four (4) members who shall be appointed to serve for four-year terms as follows:
(A) One (1) criminal court judge who shall be appointed by the president of the Tennessee judicial conference, representing a judicial district within which one (1) or more private entities provide probation services; and
(B) Three (3) general sessions court judges who shall be appointed by the president of the Tennessee general sessions judges conference, representing counties within which one (1) or more private entities provide probation services; and
(2) Three (3) members who shall be appointed by the governor to serve four-year terms as follows:
(A) One (1) publicly employed probation officer;
(B) One (1) private probation officer or individual with expertise in private probation service by virtue of training or employment; and
(C) One (1) county commissioner.
(b) Subsequent vacancies on the council shall be filled in the same manner as initially filled.
[Acts 1998, ch. 1067, § 6; 2007, ch. 149, § 1.]