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Florida Senate - 2006 CS for SB 432
By the Committee on Judiciary; and Senators Wilson, Miller,
Lawson and Hill
590-2480-06
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; providing that the act does not apply
9 to prisoners who are transferred to the
10 Department of Corrections; providing an
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Procedure for requesting restoration of
16 civil rights of county prisoners convicted of felonies.--
17 (1) With respect to a person who has been convicted of
18 a felony and is serving a sentence in a county detention
19 facility, the administrator of the county detention facility
20 shall provide to the prisoner, at least 2 weeks before
21 discharge, if possible, an application form obtained from the
22 Parole Commission which the prisoner must complete in order to
23 begin the process of having his or her civil rights restored.
24 (2) This section does not apply to prisoners who are
25 discharged from a county detention facility to the custody or
26 control of the Department of Corrections.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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Florida Senate - 2006 CS for SB 432
590-2480-06
1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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the prisoner in completing the application form for the
5 restoration of civil rights.
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