| 1 | Representative(s) Smith offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 262-263, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Procedure for requesting restoration of civil |
| 6 | rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies and for |
| 7 | registering to vote upon restoration of such rights.-- |
| 8 | (1) With respect to a person who has been convicted of a |
| 9 | felony and is serving a sentence in a county detention facility, |
| 10 | the administrator of the county detention facility: |
| 11 | (a) Shall provide to the prisoner, at least 2 weeks before |
| 12 | discharge, if possible, an application form obtained from the |
| 13 | Parole Commission which the prisoner must complete in order to |
| 14 | begin the processes of having his or her civil rights restored |
| 15 | and instruction in how to register to vote upon restoration of |
| 16 | such rights. |
| 17 | (b) May allow volunteers to be used to assist the prisoner |
| 18 | in completing the application and in understanding the voter |
| 19 | registration process. |
| 20 | (2) This section does not apply to prisoners who are |
| 21 | discharged from a county detention facility to the custody or |
| 22 | control of the Department of Corrections. |
| 23 | (3) This section shall take effect July 1, 2005. |
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| 26 | Remove line(s) 6 and insert: |
| 27 | An act relating to elections; requiring that the |
| 28 | administrator of a county detention facility provide an |
| 29 | application form for the restoration of civil rights and |
| 30 | instruction in the voter registration process to a |
| 31 | prisoner who has been convicted of a felony and is serving |
| 32 | a sentence in that facility; authorizing the use of |
| 33 | volunteers to assist the prisoner in completing the |
| 34 | application and in understanding the voter registration |
| 35 | process; providing that this section does not apply to |
| 36 | prisoners who are transferred to the Department of |
| 37 | Corrections; amending s. 97.012, F.S.; |