Senate Bill sb0432

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 432

    By Senator Wilson





    33-5A-06                                             See HB 55

  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 act shall not

11         apply to prisoners who are transferred to the

12         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 shall 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 - 2006                                   SB 432
    33-5A-06                                             See HB 55




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