On or before March 1 of each year, the commissioner of correction shall prepare a census of all male inmates in the custody of the department who, in the commissioner's judgment, are available for work on the county roads and highways of the state and shall also make an estimate of the men who will be available by additions during the road working season.Acts 1981, ch. 378, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-505.
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