2021 Tennessee Code
Chapter 22 - Judicial Recommendation of Clemency
§ 40-22-114. Transmittal of Papers and Recommendations to Governor

In case the board of parole recommends to the governor that the prisoner be pardoned and finally discharged, it shall file the papers received from the trial judge, together with its recommendation attached thereto, with the governor, a sufficient time before the next term of court at which the prisoner is required to appear, to enable the governor to take action on the recommendation.