Authority to establish program

The commissioner of correction and the board of parole are authorized to establish a contract sentencing program, and to promulgate rules and regulations governing it, consistent with this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include eligibility requirements, procedures and the general form and substance of agreements that may be entered into under the program. Impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 359, §§ 5, 26; Acts 1979, ch. 386, § 1; T.C.A., §40-4202; Acts 1998, ch. 1049, § 42. The commissioner of correction and the board of parole are authorized to establish a contract sentencing program, and to promulgate rules and regulations governing it, consistent with this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include eligibility requirements, procedures and the general form and substance of agreements that may be entered into under the program. Impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 359, §§ 5, 26; Acts 1979, ch. 386, § 1; T.C.A., §40-4202; Acts 1998, ch. 1049, § 42.