Tennessee Code Title 8. Public Officers and Employees § 8-26-105

(a) The county legislative body or governing body of each county has the authority to pass a resolution fixing the amount of jailers' fees which may be applied to misdemeanant prisoners. The rate fixed shall apply to such prisoners confined in the county jail or county workhouse or workhouses, but not meeting the conditions required for a state subsidy under title 41, chapter 8.

(b) In lieu of the reimbursement for jailers' fees allowed in § 8-26-106, the state shall provide a subsidy pursuant to title 41, chapter 8.

(c) References in other sections to jailers' fees for state prisoners specified in this section shall be deemed to be references to the subsidies specified in § 41-8-106(d).