(a) No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on, trusty status.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-51-104
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) Subsection (a) is applicable regardless of whether the person is:
(1) Sentenced to the department of correction but is serving the sentence in a county or municipal jail or workhouse pursuant to contract or is sentenced to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse; or(2) Sentenced to the department of correction but is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse while awaiting transfer to the department.
