40-28-102 - Chapter definitions.
40-28-102. Chapter definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Board means the board of probation and parole;
(2) Director of probation and parole means the director of probation and parole employed by the board;
(3) Executive director means the officer employed by the board as the chief administrative officer of the agency;
(4) Notification, as used in this part, may include telephone, facsimile and internet communications.
(5) Parole means the release of a prisoner to the community by the board prior to the expiration of the prisoner's term subject to conditions imposed by the board and to its supervision, or where a court or other authority has issued a warrant against the prisoner and the board, in its discretion, has released the prisoner to answer the warrant of the court or authority;
(6) Probation means the release by a court of a person found guilty of a crime, upon verdict or plea, without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court and subject to the supervision of the probation service; and
(7) Probation and parole officer means a probation and parole officer employed by the board.
[Acts 1937, ch. 276,§§ 1,2; 1949, ch. 18,§§ 1-3; mod. C. Supp. 1950,§§ 11818.1,11818.2(Williams,§§ 11843.1,11843.2); Acts 1961, ch. 93, § 1; 1963, ch. 288, § 1; 1970, ch. 488, § 1; 1972, ch. 636, §§ 1-8; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(82); 1978, ch. 929, § 6; 1979, ch. 359, §§ 2-5, 7; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 359, §§ 5, 26; Acts 1980, ch. 584, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3601(2); Acts 1989, ch. 227, §§ 1, 2; 1998, ch. 1049, §§ 23-25, 66; 1999, ch. 516, § 1.]