Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-22-201

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Road: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105

The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to contract with the commissioner of transportation for the use of any or all inmates, except those for which it is undesirable or impracticable in the opinion of those officials, to work outside the walls of the main prison in constructing any new or maintaining any old public road in this state.