Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 934
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Criminal Justice (Brandes) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (962638) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 54 - 96
    5  and insert:
    6  that felony restored five years after completion of his or her
    7  sentence.
    8         (2) For purposes of this section, the term “completion of
    9  sentence” occurs when a person is released from incarceration
   10  upon expiration of his or her sentence and has completed all
   11  other terms and conditions of the sentence or subsequent
   12  supervision or, if the person has not been incarcerated for the
   13  felony offense, has completed all terms and conditions of
   14  supervision imposed on him or her.
   15         (3)(a) A person is ineligible for restoration of civil
   16  rights under this section if he or she was convicted of a crime
   17  defined by any of the following:
   18         1. Section 782.04, relating to murder.
   19         2. Section 782.07(3), relating to aggravated manslaughter
   20  of a child.
   21         3. Section 794.011, relating to sexual battery.
   22         4. Section 826.04, relating to incest.
   23         5. Section 827.071, relating to sexual performance by a
   24  child.
   25         6. Section 847.0145, relating to selling or buying of
   26  minors, otherwise transferring or obtaining custody or control
   27  of minors, or offering to do the same.
   28         (b) A person is ineligible for restoration of civil rights
   29  under this section if he or she was convicted of treason or if
   30  his or her impeachment has resulted in conviction, as referred
   31  to in s. 8, Art. IV of the State Constitution.
   32         (4) This section does not impair the ability of a person
   33  convicted of a felony to apply for executive clemency under s.
   34  8, Art. IV of the State Constitution.
   35         (5) A court shall, before accepting a plea of guilty or
   36  nolo contendere to a felony without trial or, if a trial is
   37  held, before imposing sentence for a felony, notify the
   38  defendant as follows:
   39         (a) If the felony is described in subsection (3), that
   40  conviction will result in permanent loss of civil rights unless
   41  he or she receives executive clemency under s. 8, Art. IV of the
   42  State Constitution.
   43         (b) If the felony is not described in subsection (3), that
   44  conviction will result in loss of civil rights until the
   45  defendant completes his or her sentence and that civil rights
   46  will be restored thereafter.
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   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete lines 7 - 8
   51  and insert:
   52         rights five years after completion of his or her
   53         sentence of