33-5-405 - Admission subject to availability of accommodation. - Tennessee Statutes

33-5-405. Admission subject to availability of accommodation.

A judicially committed defendant does not come into the custody of the commissioner until the commissioner determines that the state has an available suitable accommodation and designates a licensed state facility to admit the defendant.

[Acts 1975, ch. 248, § 13; 1976, ch. 764, § 1; 1978, ch. 527, § 3; 1978, ch. 667, § 2; 1981, ch. 449, § 2(20); 1982, ch. 862, § 13; T.C.A., § 33-510; Acts 1984, ch. 922, § 9; 1992, ch. 991, § 14; T.C.A. § 33-5-305(d); Acts 2000, ch. 947, § 1; 2002, ch. 730, § 29.]