41-22-203 - Interdepartmental compensation. - Tennessee Statutes

41-22-203. Interdepartmental compensation.

(a)  The commissioner of transportation shall pay the commissioner of correction for the use of inmates employed under the provisions of §§ 41-22-201 41-22-204, out of the highway fund, or any other fund under the commissioner of transportation's control, and the commissioner of correction shall in turn, except as hereinafter provided, pay the moneys so received into the state treasury, where they shall be credited to the department of correction.

(b)  The rate of pay shall not exceed the department of correction expenditures necessary to enable such inmates to perform the contracted labor while ensuring adequate security, plus an additional amount to be determined by the commissioners of correction and transportation for the purpose of funding § 41-22-204, but not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount paid by the department of transportation to the department of correction.

[Acts 1981, ch. 378, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-503.]