Senate Bill sb0514c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 514

    By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senators Wilson,
    Lawson, Miller and Hill




    591-2008-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the restoration of civil

  3         rights; requiring that the administrator of a

  4         county detention facility provide an

  5         application form for the restoration of civil

  6         rights to a prisoner who has been convicted of

  7         a felony and is serving a sentence in that

  8         facility; authorizing the use of volunteers to

  9         assist the prisoner in completing the

10         application; providing that this section does

11         not apply to prisoners who are transferred to

12         the Department of Corrections; providing an

13         effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Procedure for requesting restoration of

18  civil rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies.--

19         (1)  With respect to a person who has been convicted of

20  a felony and is serving a sentence in a county detention

21  facility, the administrator of the county detention facility:

22         (a)  Shall provide to the prisoner, at least 2 weeks

23  before discharge, if possible, an application form obtained

24  from the Parole Commission which the prisoner must complete in

25  order to begin the process of having his or her civil rights

26  restored.

27         (b)  May allow volunteers to be used to assist the

28  prisoner in completing the application.

29         (2)  This section does not apply to prisoners who are

30  discharged from a county detention facility to the custody or

31  control of the Department of Corrections.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 514
    591-2008-05




 1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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 3          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 4                         Senate Bill 514

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 6  -    The Committee Substitute removes the responsibility for
         initiating the restoration of civil rights for prisoners
 7       from the county commission and places it with the
         administrator of the county detention facility.
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    -    If possible, the administrator is to provide a prisoner
 9       with a restoration of civil rights application at least
         two weeks before the prisoner's discharge. The
10       application form is provided to the administrator from
         the Parole Commission.
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    -    The detention facility administrator is permitted to use
12       volunteers to assist prisoners in completing their
         applications.
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    -    These provisions do not apply to prisoners who are being
14       discharged from the county facilities to the control of
         the Department of Corrections.
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