Amends TCA Title 36; Title 37; Title 39 and Title 40.
Present law requires a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, or their designee, who knows that an aggravated assault, first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, aggravated rape, rape, aggravated sexual battery, sexual battery, or indecent exposure has occurred within the penal institution to report the offense to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the penal institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed. This bill authorizes the report to be submitted electronically.
Present law requires a warden or chief administrative officer employed by a penal institution, or their designee, who knows that an aggravated assault, first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, aggravated rape, rape, aggravated sexual battery, sexual battery, or indecent exposure has occurred within the penal institution to report the offense to the district attorney general for the judicial district in which the penal institution is located and the district attorney general who prosecuted the offense for which the offender is incarcerated within five business days of becoming aware of the offense being committed. This bill authorizes the report to be submitted electronically.
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